Lightweight and portable, it weighs only 15 grams or 46 grams with the phone clamp, making it easy to carry and use on the go ...

For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

When you think of scary animals, what comes to mind? Maybe lions, hippos or snakes? But you might be surprised to know that ...

Many animals possess the fascinating ability to change colour. Chameleons adjust nanocrystals for temperature control and ...

A newly found organelle, the hemifusome, helps manage cellular recycling. It may play a role in inherited diseases and open ...

The UC Davis department of entomology and nematology is not the place you would normally expect to find a research scientist who is developing a completely new understanding of how ...

Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

What are sea lice? Experts explain how to treat itchy, stinging rashes from the tiny sea creatures filling South Carolina ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

The Tulane team has developed a handful of other assays for TB detection, including a mass spec test for paucibacillary TB ...