Shinya Yamanaka, a Nobel laureate, did not follow a typical path to success. His curiosity and persistence led to a groundbreaking discovery in stem cell research. This work allows scientists to ...

Both the UK and US Governments have pledged to end research using animals, but is such a goal realistic? And how might it change medical research? Talha Burki reports.

The biologist, renowned for his cancer genomics research, will study brain circuits for insights into autism at his new lab ...

Scientists now believe life began long before LUCA. Older organisms, now vanished, passed on vital genetic tools. These 'pre-LUCA' ancestors developed complex biological functions. LUCA inherited ...

Mouse red blood cells infected with the parasite Babesia microti acquired the ability to move, offering new insight into host-pathogen interactions.

When a cell divides, it performs a feat of microscopic choreography—duplicating its DNA and depositing it into two new cells.

New research into "universal paralog" genes reveals that the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) was not the first spark of life, but a successor that inherited complex genetic tools from an even ...

Scientists have a solid understanding of what makes up spindles — the cellular machinery that separates chromosomes — but are less certain about how the building blocks of spindles, called ...

Scientists call this speck LUCA — the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Since the concept of LUCA first emerged, it has ...

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

Rev. Dr. Leo D’Souza, a pioneering Jesuit scientist, transformed India's cashew industry through innovative tissue culture techniques and women's empowerment.

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can ...