Cells travel through the body both individually and in collective groups during development, wound healing and diseases such as cancer. New research from the McKelvey School of Engineering at ...

Biochemists typically use fluorescent molecules to label cells. They then use a laser to excite the molecule before it spits ...

Within the brain, neurons compute by generating electrical impulses. These signals travel throughout neurons, which are in turn connected in vast networks that control brain functions such as sensory ...

Viral videos claim water, fire and hot oil can expose fake rice. Here's what science says about these plastic rice tests.

How do we remember the distant past? For decades, scientists have believed synaptic potentiation—the adaptive strengthening of our brain's cellular connections—to be the key to memory retention.

Columnist Tom Purcell argues that tax cuts, deregulation and rising optimism are helping revive American entrepreneurship and small-business growth.

Currently, the causes for Alzheimer Disease (AD) are thought to lie in the formation of abnormal protein deposits including tau tangles and Amyloid ß (Aβ) plaques in the human cortex. These proteins ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by two promising classes of antibiotics that disable RNA polymerase (RNAP). They knew that these drugs could grind gene expression to a halt in several pathogens, ...

What if scientists could get a taste of discovery as soon as their experiment finishes- Thanks to a new machine learning tool ...