Scientists have decoded the atomic structure of Photosystem I from a 3-billion-year-old cyanobacteria lineage, offering a unique look at early oxygen-producing photosynthesis. The ancient nanodevice, ...

In the natural world—where predators pounce, prey flee, and group members feed and sleep in solidarity—animal behavior is ...

Flashes of insight trigger activity in the brain’s hippocampus. This cashew-shaped structure is buried deep within the ...

Using brain mapping, genetic engineering and machine learning, scientists reveal how parasitic bacteria take over fruit fly ...

The recent detection of a gas in a distant plant has been linked to life forms has sparked debate among scientists.

The work tests and revises a 50-year old textbook model, known as the Bloch hypothesis, for the evolution of sterol metabolism in eukaryotic cells. The results indicate that the complexity of sterol ...

The ecosystem needs our help and that of our animal friends. Jump in to read about 9 animals that are types of decomposers!