For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

A scaling law relates the expected number of mutants to the total population size of cells in a spatially constrained but ...

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

A scaling law relates the expected number of mutants to the total population size of cells in a spatially constrained but growing population, which ...

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

A new study shows that bacterial cell wall molecules, specifically peptidoglycan, are present in the brain and fluctuate with ...

Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Carnegie Mellon scientists create AggreBots, tiny lung-cell robots powered by cilia with controlled motility.Word excerpt: ...