Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister chromatid ...

Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life in lab animals, but scientists are now tracing that effect down to the ...

Weighing a single living cell sounds like a party trick, yet the numbers involved are so small that they push the limits of ...

Scientists identify a new marine fungus that attacks toxic algae, offering insight into natural controls on blooms that ...

As more brands and fashion weeks, including New York, ban fur, the animal rights organisation People for the Ethical ...

Most of the time, you assume your brain is either “on” or “off,” awake or asleep. A new study shows something far more ...

Tanning beds promise a quick glow, but a new study says the real cost is written deep into your skin. Researchers have found ...

This hybrid system lets researchers zoom in on living human cells with incredible detail. This offers a new real time insight into how the flu virus operates. For the first time, researchers could ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

Typically, bone marrow research relies heavily on animal models and oversimplified cell cultures in the laboratory. Now, researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and estimated to affect 9.5 million people worldwide. Low insulin levels allow ...

New NE-AFM method measures nuclear stiffness in living cells. It shows cancer nuclei change softness with chromatin and environment, aiding diagnosis and treatment. By employing a technique called ...