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New results shed light on how two transcription factors work together to control body size during the development of Caenorhabditis elegans larvae.

A combination of machine-learning techniques and more traditional modeling approaches can use the unique patterns of brain activity that evolve over time to predict traits such as age and cognitive ability.

New research sheds light onto the mechanisms controlling insulin release in live fruit flies, highlighting important similarities with humans.

Age-related changes in breast luminal epithelial cells may drive some breast cancers and offer potential screening and prevention targets.

The parasite phytoplasma helps male and female leafhoppers find each other so they can breed and increase the population of insects that spread the parasite to new hosts.

Nicotine can affect pathways involved in regulating growth and differentiation of intestinal stem cells in the gut of mice.

Poison frogs have evolved different pathways to absorb, distribute, metabolize and excrete alkaloids that allow them to use these compounds as poison.

A new study uncovers how precisely sound is encoded in the ear.