Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its microscopic ...

This finding is especially interesting because Metformin has already been used safely for many years to treat people with ...

Researchers from Auburn University, in a landmark collaboration with Brazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), the world's ...

This valuable study shows that an odorant that is typically thought of as a repellant actually activates both attractant and repellant olfactory neurons in C. elegans. Solid evidence is provided that ...

One of the simplest, most over-studied organisms in the world is the C. elegans nematode. For 13 years, a project called ...

Mesenchymal condensation is essential for cartilage development. Here, the authors report on a cell-adaptable supramolecular hydrogel to replicate the hypoxic environment and structural support ...

A riotous photography collection from a recent underwater mission off the coast of Chile shows new and fascinating deep-sea ...

America's anti-vaxer in-chief, famously claimed his brain has been eaten by a worm. While this assumption is as ridiculous as the man himself, the actions and delusions of RFK Jr. seem almost to ...

Flatworms and earthworms can regrow large parts of their body. Roundworms may hold the secret to counteracting ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could look radically different when it comes to a cell or emerging artificial ...

A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that regulates the production of two different proteins from the same gene.