Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...

Combining experiments in microfluidic devices and computer simulation, this study provides a valuable analysis of the relevant parameters that determine the motility of (multicellular) magnetotactic ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Straining blocks clarity. The harder we force things, the more we limit creativity, connection, and insight. Wu-wei is the ...

Our brain and eyes can play tricks on us—not least when it comes to the expanding hole illusion. A new computational model ...

Scientists have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly visited a carousel.

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In the depths of the north Pacific, long wriggling creatures were caught up in the trawl of a research vessel off the coast of Russia. The animals were brought to the surface, their elongated bodies ...

A 'biological universe' exists in a gram of soil. Find out how the soil biota within this tiny universe transform energy, create and modify their habitat, influence soil health, and aid in the ...

NIA has filed a chargesheet against two Babbar Khalsa International operatives for the murder of VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar in Punjab. The accused, Dharminder Kumar and Harwinder Kumar, face ...