Molecular biosciences Prof. Heather Pinkett has been the only Black faculty member in her department for the past 12 years.

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

Key pointsResearchers have revealed trillions of microbes live in the bark of every tree Tree microbes clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic ...

Australian researchers co-led by Southern Cross University have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. The trees' ...

For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

Despite the immense amount of genetic material present in each cell, around 3 billion base pairs in humans, this material needs to be accurately divided in two and allocated in equal quantities. The ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Flexoelectricity, which can transform mechanical deformation into electrical signals, could provide enough power to fire ...

But the bigger point is how foundational these stories are to how we narrate struggle and resilience. Middle school teaches ...

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...

Emory University researchers led by Kyle Biegasiewicz have repurposed enzymes to produce diazo compounds from hydrazones under milder, greener conditions than traditional chemical methods (J. Am. Chem ...