Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Releasing 10,000 of microscopic wasps into a home may not sound like the most obvious way to tackle a moth infestation, but ...

A team of physicists, engineers, opticians and photonics specialists at Zhejiang University, in China, working with a pair of ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Study reveals the structure of PINK1 protein, offering fresh hope for Parkinson's patients through potential targeted therapies that address root causes.

A study reveals how the Wingless signalling pathway shapes the embryonic intestine of the Drosophila fly, activating a mechanism involved in calcium transport. The finding redefines the role of ...

What if mosquitoes could deliver not just the disease but the protection to an infection that kills hundreds of thousands of people annually?

Pay close attention to the flora and fauna growing around you. It may open you up to a world of wonder, appreciation and ...

Investigating how the production of insulin is regulated in fruit flies reveals surprising insights that may help to better understand how this process unfolds in humans.

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental ...

insects, and even chestnuts. UGA researchers developed the world's first transgenic mouse model to study Hirano bodies, tiny structures found in nerve cells of people with Alzheimer's disease.