It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have found a key to developing a vaccine against one of humankind’s oldest ...

A real-time imaging study shows neutrophils communicate using catecholamines, much like neurons. This signaling helps control inflammation and links immune responses with blood clotting.

How many times have you wondered about the Big Bang and theory of how life on Earth as we know it, came to be? Or what the very first spark of life looked like? Scientists just took a giant leap ...

Researchers at the University of Münster and Ruhr University Bochum have demonstrated for the first time in real time that the body's own defense cells use catecholamines—neurotransmitters such as ...

Scientists discovered a protein secreted by a deep-sea extremophile—an organism adapted to extreme environmental ...

Created from 150 components, including lipids, ribosomes, enzymes, and DNA, in the lab. At the core of the design are 36 ...

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

Pacific oyster extract protected the gut barrier and reduced inflammation in human cells, giving discarded oysters a ...

The University of Vermont’s research boat was filled with scientists and members of the media Tuesday for a short cruise to ...

Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of ...