A teeny-tiny archaea with one of the smallest genomes ever discovered is pushing the limits of what it means to be alive.

A molecular tracking technology called DNA Typewriter can record the cellular lineage of a mouse embryo, from a single cell to over a million.

Researchers have demonstrated that signals in the intestine produce oscillations that inform cell differentiation.

Researchers have developed a computational framework that acts as a standardized benchmark for human embryo models.

Homochirality was a chemical mystery until Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai, winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026, found a ...

As the phrase goes, ‘Great oaks, from little acorns grow’ and just so goes the story of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2026, in which a fairly simple light-sensitive single-celled alga ...

Forget bricks and mortar, scientists hoping to build houses on other worlds are turning to two unexpected building materials: gelatin and yeast. Mars is a terrible place to build a house. It’s ...

Dog brains segment speech into words in a way previously seen only in humans. Efficient speech processing is not necessarily a consequence of humans’ unique language abilities: regular exposure to ...

RNA interference (RNAi) screening is an approach commonly used in functional genomics that enables sequence-specific gene silencing through the delivery of synthetic small interfering RNAs (siRNA).

Age-related decline of chaperone-mediated autophagy alters the properties of senescent – or ‘zombie’ – cells, making them increasingly difficult to eliminate. It’s officially spooky season, so it’s ...

The technologies being developed to serve the ‘omics’ family are becoming increasingly advanced, affording researchers unprecedented insights into tissues at staggering resolutions. However, ...