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New approach allows researchers to use blue light to trigger the formation of brain plaques in animal models, recreating a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease for study in the laboratory.

Scientists use high-resolution microscopy to update computer simulations of how nerve cells communicate.

One crucial site in a protein called NEMO controls the breakdown of bone tissue in the mammalian skeleton.

Toxin-producing bacteria living on the skin of rough-skinned newts have driven the newts and snakes that prey on them to evolve resistance to the bacteria’s deadly toxin.

Butterflies can evolve new colors by changing the thickness of light scattering structures present on their wings.

Individuals with a history of suicide attempts are less responsive to signals from their own bodies that may indicate they are in danger.

Yeast genetics study reveals how mitochondria find and destroy misfolded proteins from the cell before they can cause damage.

A new study provides clues on how we choose our allies to form social coalitions.