Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

A pregnant woman's blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood ...

Long before humans built labs, filed patents, or sketched blueprints, animals were already solving the same problems we struggle with today. Nature has spent millions of years refining ways to move ...

By Sola Ogundipe Scientists have found that a common brain cancer may begin in normal-looking brain cells years before a ...

Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

Lurking among them is a “giant” virus, a genetic behemoth that blurs the line between the living and the inanimate. When this ...

If there were ever an animal that seemed built for space, it might be the water bear. Also known as tardigrades, these microscopic creatures already s.

Micro-organisms constitute a very antique group of living organisms which appeared on the Earth's surface almost 3000 million years ago.

Faux fur is getting more realistic, and real fur often goes unlabeled - here's how to tell the difference, according to PETA ...