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Combining spatial and temporal data is helping researchers to understand how deforestation influences the risk of malaria.

All-trans retinoic acid induces functional and structural plasticity of synapses in human cortical circuits through the engagement of the spine apparatus.

A preregistered survey experiment spanning six disciplines has found weak evidence of bias in favour of authors from high-status countries and institutions.

Evidence is mounting that rare loss-of-function variants in the TLR7 gene predispose men with no medical history to severe forms of COVID-19.

Changes in diet associated with domestication may have shaped the composition of microbes found in the guts of animals.

A new system for classifying climates emerges from modeling the environmental conditions that 26,000 species of tetrapods experience in their home range.

Analysing the characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus makes it possible to estimate the length of quarantine that reduces the impact on society and the economy, while minimising infections.

An approach called deep mutational scanning is improving our understanding of amyloid beta aggregation.

Comparing the genes expressed at the maternal-fetal interface in different species helps to pinpoint those that contribute to a healthy pregnancy by regulating the activity of the immune system.