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Activating mutated mitofusin proteins re-energizes damaged mitochondria and could help regrow damaged nerves in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

Understanding the biological clocks of plants could help researchers learn how to protect crops against climate change.

Resolving the structures of drugs that can bind to serotonin receptors in the gut improves our understanding of the differences between anti-nausea treatments.

Pores called gap junctions connect dozens of cells together during fruit fly development, turning a hundred individual cells into one super cell.

GPS tracking reveals the optimal group size for a highly social ground-dwelling bird, shedding light on the costs and benefits of group decision making.

An imbalance in neural network activity in the first two weeks of life can lead to long-term behavioral changes in male mice.

A mathematical model sheds light on what compelled single cells to aggregate into complex multicellular organisms during evolution.

A mutation that made the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus efficient at infecting ticks made it less able to infect humans.