A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Across cities and suburbs, a curious pattern keeps turning up in aerial photos and field surveys alike: trees that stand ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Placozoa are among the simplest animals in the world. They were initially discovered living on the walls of aquariums in a ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

UBC Okanagan researchers have uncovered how plants create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound linked to anti-cancer ...

A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

Scientists have long puzzled over the origins of eukaryotes, the domain of life defined by cells with a membrane-bound nucleus, which includes all animals, plants, fungi, and insects. If they unravel ...

A new study suggests temporal lobe epilepsy may be linked to early aging of certain brain cells. When researchers removed these aging cells in mice, seizures dropped, memory improved, and some animals ...

Claims that poinsettias can cause serious health problems or death in pets greatly exaggerate their risk, experts say.

T his past year, we explored a lot of new cell biology research—from cancer to plants to microbes, and more! It’s hard to ...