After sequencing centromeres in humans and other primates, researchers found that they vary greatly across species and ...

Anna Klompen explained how cnidarian stinging cells harpooned their way into her heart and could help answer fundamental ...

In Eleanor Raffan’s laboratory at the University of Cambridge, a portly Labrador retriever’s tail wags furiously as he ...

We were looking for [3D] models that we could repurpose for screening compounds to target this initiative,” said Lee. “We ...

3D cell cultures such as spheroids and organoids allow cells to interact with each other and the surrounding environment, closely mimicking complex tissues, organs, or tumors. Scientists such as Júlia ...

As an undergraduate student at Clemson University, Sharon Stack became fascinated with the study of the chemical processes and molecular interactions that take place inside living cells. While Stack’s ...

Harita Sistu received her bachelor’s degree in molecular biology from the University of Texas at Dallas and is currently pursuing a PhD student in Microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, ...

Mariella is an assistant editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science. View full profile. Learn about our ...

In the dark, frigid months of winter, painted turtle hatchlings hunker down in shallow, icy nests where they enter a state of suspended animation. 1 Their hearts stop beating; their metabolisms slow ...

In March 2024, the USDA confirmed that dairy cattle in Texas and Kansas had become infected with a highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 strain. Scientists have been monitoring H5N1 infections in ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have a tough job. Engineered with a receptor that recognizes molecules decorating the surface of cancer cells, CAR T cells find and kill malignancies. However, ...