When you've always known deciduous trees to drop their leaves in winter, seeing one that hasn't can be unsettling. Here's why ...

Understanding how cells transform into specialized types during human development is a central challenge in biology. This complex process, known as cell differentiation, holds the key to understanding ...

Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties.

A developer plans to build a cellphone tower on a portion of the Country Club of Scranton. The South Abington Twp. Zoning ...

This study provides a valuable new resource to investigate the molecular basis of the particular features characterizing the pipefish embryo. The authors found both unique and shared gene expression ...

As workers in Peru removed some overgrown trees from an archaeological site, they noticed some distinctive bricks hidden underneath — and found the ruins of an ancient pyramid-like structure. The ...

New research on nematodes reveals how glial cells maintain and monitor neuronal dendrites. Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy ...

In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Zhu Shujia from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and ...

But filopodia can also wreak havoc: metastatic cancer cells use them to invade new regions of the body. Filopodia are composed of hexagonal bundles of proteins that give them structure and strength.

National Museum of Natural History via University of New Hampshire When land plants were still the relatively new kids on the evolutionary block and the world’s tallest trees reached only a few ...