In his debut book, the evolutionary biologist decodes the most exciting turning points in the effort to map what links all life forms. An excerpt from How to Make an Animal.

Cells process dynamic signaling inputs to regulate fate decisions during development. While oscillations or waves in key developmental pathways, such as Wnt, have been widely observed, the principles ...

Cells at the bottom of a liquid medium begin levitating, then hovering at a particular height. With no physical contact, an ...

A research team at the University of Arizona has developed a light-based imaging technique that can distinguish healthy from ...

High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is the only experimental technique to directly watch proteins in dynamic action.

Background Lupus nephritis (LN) is the most serious complication of SLE. Interstitial fibrosis is the dominant pathological ...

Ever wondered what everyday things under a microscope look like? You’ll never look at a toothbrush—or a grain of salt—the ...

Israeli and US scientists have discovered how tiny gateways in human cells control what enters and leaves the cell's nucleus, ...

Cellular changes that appear during melanoma and lead to treatment resistance can be reversed with drugs—potentially opening ...

The first functional mirror-image pore has been created, capable of reducing the survival of aggressive breast cancer cells ...