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The thicker the flower petals’ cuticle, the more fragrance compounds the plant releases, according to a recent study.

The recently discovered long noncoding RNAs seem to boost the production of specific proteins in the cell by interacting with RNA-binding proteins, researchers find.

Brain cells in older Drosophila tend to have more than two complete sets of chromosomes, and that polyploidy most likely has a protective function, a study shows.

A pathway involved in the adaptive immune system, a relative newcomer in the world of pathogen defense, may have a more ancient role in protecting cells from invading viruses.

The sperm, belonging to a tiny marine crustacean, dates back nearly 100 million years, making it the most ancient animal sperm found to date.

Our first event is a book club for Sinclair Lewis’s 1925 classic novel Arrowsmith, which we’ll discuss with two prominent scholars during a webinar on September 25.

Researchers find connective tissue has a crucial role to play in whether cancer cells metastasize.

Gene editing can knock out genes crucial to cervical tumor cells’ survival, researchers report.

By infecting glioblastoma cells but not healthy brain tissue, some form of the virus could serve a therapeutic purpose.

Researchers use a new way to deliver CRISPR/Cas9 to tumors in mice, wiping out the cancer.

Scientists see great value in catchy acronyms, so they get creative when it comes to naming new tools and techniques.

A newly identified group of viruses may help suppress eukaryotes’ immune response and promote tolerance of endosymbiotic bacteria.

Organelles isolated from two types of neurons and a nonneuronal astrocyte in the mouse cerebellum showed varying levels of proteins, hinting at functional differences.

Cable bacteria can live in stirred-up sediments by associating with structures built by Chaetopterus variopedatus.

For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.

How bacterial filaments ferry electrons through marine sediment

Researchers link levels of a receptor in the brain to suicidal ideation in people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Researchers use 3-D printing technology to construct a brain cancer model that accurately recapitulated in vivo biology and predicted patient drug responses.

How researchers create a glioblastoma on a chip that can predict patients’ response to treatments