Our cells rely on microscopic highways and specialized protein vehicles to move everything—from positioning organelles to ...

Charging electric-vehicle batteries in Ithaca's frigid winter can be tough, and freezing temperatures also decrease the driving range. Hot weather can be just as challenging, leading to decomposition ...

"The mites that occupy domatia eat plant pathogens and pests. They are fungivorous (eat fungi) and herbivorous (eat small herbivores)," Weber said. "More mites means more protection for the plants. By ...

Congress needs to replicate what innovative states have done and use education savings accounts dollars to fund 529s for ...

A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has identified flavonoids, natural compounds found in plants, that are toxic to bladder cancer cells cultured in the lab.

Imagine drawing on something as delicate as a living cell -- without damaging it. Researchers have made this groundbreaking discovery using an unexpected combination of tools: frozen ethanol, electron ...

A new method in Nature Photonics uses electrochemical fluorescence modulation to separate overlapping signals in multicolor ...

Each octopus arm has its own dense network of neurons, up to 350 million across all eight arms, that can work without the ...

A study in Advanced Photonics Research optimizes AFM laser positioning and eigenmode selection to enhance imaging of human ...

Ms. Petrova is a Russian scientist who works in a lab at Harvard Medical School. She told her story through a Times Opinion ...