Biology

Sepsis — the runaway, body-wide immune collapse that follows an infection — remains one of the deadliest conditions in modern...

For ten days on the streets of West Bengal, India, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research...

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,...