Technology is making biological studies more powerful than ever. But people are the real force behind discovery.

One of Saturn’s rings consists of a diverse population of icy and rocky grains, each with a distinct composition. How this came about might now have an explanation.

Analysis reveals these plants face severe habitat loss across the Americas — plus, researchers test a new way to diagnose ...

A fresh approach considers waist circumference, rather than just weight and height, providing a more accurate classification.

Picture produced by fresh analysis of the data that yielded the first-ever image of a black hole outputs the same, ring-like ...

The brain relies on crucial proteins to maintain neurons. This system is disrupted in mice with neurological disease.

Zircon crystals found in some of Earth’s oldest rocks suggest that the source rock was once buried about 50 kilometres into ...

Network science has inspired the design of materials that spread out their deformation when a force is applied, have tunable ...

Nuclear pores control molecular traffic into and out of the cell nucleus. Measurements in living cells, together with ...

Projections that include severe drought predict that a majority of the 993 cactus species assessed will see large losses of ...

A study reports that about 107,000 species are traded worldwide, legally or illegally — more than double a previous estimate.

Geriatrics is a medical discipline focused on elderly individuals. Issues such as physical mobility and stability, memory loss, and neurodegenerative diseases are central to geriatric medicine.