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A new study sheds light on why, in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, mutations in the PTEN gene lead to impairments in neurons that inhibit neural activity – and how these can be mitigated.

Experiments reveal how various types of chaperones work together to break apart harmful aggregates in the cell.

Larger organisms drive decomposition in drier climate.

Analyzing bacterial genetic information using AI-based tools combined with modern sequencing technologies outperforms more traditional approaches.

A shared set of old, deeply conserved genes presides over the development of sperm cells in humans, mice and fruit flies.

Fossils of early seeds from China shed new light on how some seeds evolved wings that help them disperse in the wind.

Artificial sweeteners and sugars cause the blood vessels of zebrafish to undergo similar changes which may contribute to heart disease and diabetes.

Cells keep tabs on RNA production in the nucleus to control the levels of RNA degradation in the cytoplasm.