The cells of all animals—including humans—are characterized by their ability to adhere particularly well to surfaces in their ...

Microtubules perform an active role in communication within the cell by transmitting received signals to the cell's ...

Hua-Ying Fan, PhD, hopes that her team's latest discovery could help the almost 21,000 people who are expected to receive an ...

The human brain is anything but static, shifting neural activity depending on time of day. In A Nutshell Scientists mapped ...

A revolutionary achievement could pave the way for smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks. Last year, a research team led by UCLA achieved a milestone scientists had pursued for half a century. They s ...

Diamond nanoparticles containing nitrogen-vacancy centers can now monitor cellular metabolism in real time, targeting ...

Nuclear clocks are a technology researchers have been working toward for decades. New research in theoretical physics brings them closer to reality.

A recent study in the journal PNAS from the lab of Julie Overbaugh reveals a previously unknown antiviral function of a gene involved in the immune defense against Zika virus that has implications for ...

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

New research reveals that even a small loss of myelin—the protective coating around neurons—can severely disrupt how the brain sends and interprets sensory information.

In the latest allocation of European funding for cutting-edge research, ETH Zurich scientists have performed exceptionally ...

Researchers discovered that in a rare kidney cancer, RNA builds droplet-like hubs that act as growth control centers inside tumor cells. By engineering a molecular switch to dissolve these hubs, they ...