A model helps recapitulate the geometric patterning of insect wings.

Recordings of electrical activity in porcine brains finds similarities to rodent neural tissue.

Despite the Human Genome Project having heralded the exploration of previously unknown human genes, the focus of genetic studies remains narrow.

Scientists photograph a spider web in micron-scale glory.

The compound engages with a receptor in hair follicle cells and prevents skin cells from dying.

Modified cryogenic electron microscopy can analyze viral structures better than ever before.

The genome of Ulva mutabilis is the first of a green seaweed to be sequenced.

The awards for comical but practical scientific discovery also include cannibalism and self-colonoscopy.

A bioinspired robot helps researchers study insect flight.