The hormonal circuitry controlling development in plants can be studied and re-programmed with hormone activated Cas9-based repressors.

Research into light-gated ion channels called channelrhodospins laid the foundations for the development of optogenetics, a technique that has gone on to revolutionize neuroscience.

The life cycle and morphology of the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis shed light on vertebrate evolution.

Many scientific terms have been borrowed from ancient languages, but their modern usage often overlooks their etymology, as do many new terms coined by scientists.

In mice, deleting a long noncoding RNA drives premature aging.

An improved biosensor sheds new light on tension within proteins.

Chromatin remodeling processes can drive acinar cell fate decisions.