Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

The first animals must also have invented ways to produce the many different kinds of cells we have today; muscle cells, ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

If you're like us, it takes a while to toss the season's pumpkins. The good news is, there are lots of ways to get a little ...

Healing a wound without leaving a scar is something we could all do while in the womb. But unlocking this ability after birth ...

Carved, scooped and left to rot, millions of pumpkins are binned every Halloween – but beneath their spooky grin lies one of ...

Scientists have hypotheses about some of nature's biggest mysteries but are still working on proof. Some beautiful phenomena ...

Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels.

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists.

The bacterium known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an unwelcome visitor in the human body. Serious infections can result when a ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed Nicheformer, the first ...