An international team of researchers, with the involvement of the UAB, has conducted a study that explains the evolutionary ...

For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

The discovery that tissues use electricity to expel unhealthy cells is part of a surge of renewed interest in the currents ...

This rainforest tree solved one of evolution’s hardest problems. Here’s how it evolved to use tension and geometry to fire ...

A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but not in the fundamental shape of their response to heat. Researchers at Tri ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

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Ushikuvirus is a newly identified giant virus that infects amoebas, adding to a growing group of oversized viruses that scientists believe may have played an important role in the emergence of complex ...