A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult ...

Scientists are investigating a black fungus in Chernobyl that not only survives extreme radiation but appears to grow better ...

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Researchers are reporting that an existing drug can roll back key signs of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, restoring memory ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

The ability to self-organize is a key feature of biological systems and is widely found in nature: small building blocks that ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example ...

In cooperative societies – like elephants or whales – natural selection seems to favour genetic mechanisms that suppress ...

Thomas University celebrated academic excellence in the biological sciences with the induction of new members into TU’s ...

A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells send messages. By ...

Telomeres shorten with each cell division, functioning as biological aging clocks that determine cellular lifespan and overall vitality. When these protective DNA caps become too short, cells stop ...