Biology

In the highland districts of West Shewa Zone in Ethiopia's Oromia region, livestock are more than animals. They are savings...

The humble tendon, that rope-like tissue anchoring muscle to bone, has long kept its molecular secrets hidden. Now a team...

In the quest to feed a growing global population while reducing dependence on synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, scientists are increasingly turning...

In the forested mountains of southern Italy, the gray wolf has staged one of Europe's most remarkable recoveries, and a...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a relentless and invariably fatal scarring of the lungs, has long guarded one of its most puzzling...

The machines that scientists use to probe the minds of animals were almost never built for animals at all. Touchscreens,...

The roughly 40 weeks of human gestation represent one of the most physiologically demanding episodes in a person's life, yet...

Immunologists have long understood that T cells do far more than float passively through the bloodstream waiting to encounter a...

Cryo-electron microscopy has revealed an entirely new amyloid-β filament fold in the brains of individuals carrying one of the rarest...

Hydrogen peroxide has long occupied a paradoxical position in biology. On one hand, it is a reactive oxygen species capable...