Biology

A new study is giving scientists an unusually detailed view of how the maize embryo builds its first leaves, using...

A new study suggests that attention is not merely a way for the brain to interpret sensations from the body....

An international team of researchers has identified a new genus and species of subterranean fish living in the water-filled sediments...

Plants cannot flee when their bodies begin to weaken. Instead, they must detect structural damage, identify its source and rapidly...

A hidden layer of the silkworm genome has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, revealing a surprisingly stable but evolutionarily...

In a discovery that could reshape scientists’ understanding of how photosynthetic organisms capture carbon, researchers have rebuilt a working version...

A microscopic root-dwelling bacterium may hold an unexpectedly powerful key to helping plants survive drought. A study published in Nature...

A plant’s response to excessive sunlight may depend on a detail hidden deep inside the molecular machinery that captures light:...

A century of preserved human tissue may soon become a far richer source of medical information. Researchers at Vanderbilt University...

Bone fractures may be repaired with help from an unexpected source: dormant cells hiding inside skeletal muscle. A study published...