It is less well known that cells in tissues (for example in our skin) can team up to form 'biological ... events. Zhao et al. have now confirmed the presence of endogenous wound electric fields ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

In a discovery that seems straight out of a sci-fi story, scientists have found that electric eels might do more than just ...