In a new study, scientists have shown that chemical receptors that plants use to recognize nitrogen-fixing bacteria have ...

The ocean’s deepest trenches are cold, silent, and almost completely dark—yet life there is startlingly inventive. A new find from the Atacama Trench shows just ...

New research has uncovered a mechanism for parents to pass down longevity, to their progeny, via changes to their lysosome ...

New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding ...

Multi-omics integration enhances understanding of biological systems, revealing complex interactions through spatial ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

Scientists announced the Biodiversity Cell Atlas project to map every cell type across all eukaryotic life on Earth.

Bacteria insert proteins into their outer membrane using a highly conserved apparatus known as the β-barrel assembly ...

A never-before-seen tubes inside bacteria may hold the key to protecting oranges, lemons, and limes from the damaging citrus ...

The nervous system allows us to react to our surroundings very quickly and to coordinate our behavior. It comprises millions of neurones and electrical impulses pass along them very quickly.

Walk into any traditional Indian home, and chances are you’ll spot a lovely, aromatic herb thriving in the courtyard or on a ...