Biology

A familiar enzyme at the center of cellular energy production has been found to perform a second, unexpectedly powerful job:...

For decades, mature forests have been treated as if their ability to store additional carbon gradually fades toward a biological...

Major depressive disorder is often discussed as a disorder of mood, but its effects are rarely confined to the mind....

SARS-CoV-2 variants may be met by two complementary layers of antibody protection, according to a study published in Nature Immunology....

Cryo-electron tomography has transformed structural biology by allowing researchers to visualize molecular machinery inside cells and other complex biological environments....

A new study is drawing attention to one of neuroscience’s most important molecular machines: the NMDA receptor, a membrane protein...

Radiotherapy can be lifesaving for people with cancer, but the treatment often injures healthy tissues alongside tumors. Among its most...

A tick’s first meal may be less important for survival than scientists thought. New research on the castor bean tick,...

DNA’s replication machinery may be ancient, but one of the newest tools for studying it borrows its logic from artificial...

Freshwater streams may look alike on the surface, but beneath the water, their sediments harbor bacterial communities shaped by forces...