For decades, scientists have believed that complex life began when two very different microbes joined forces, eventually ...

Experiments reveal that unsaturated lipid membranes promote vesicle fusion and DNA retention during freeze–thaw cycles, highlighting icy environments as potential drivers of protocell evolution. Today ...

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...

You can engage your brain and improve your happiness. A neuroscience expert shares five simple steps that can do the trick.

Many personal transportation-related decisions—such as vehicle purchases—are influenced by life events, like the birth of a child or a change in employment. Modeling tools that reflect how life ...

Understanding what complex chemical measurements reveal about materials and reactions can take weeks or months of analysis. But now, an AI-powered platform developed by researchers at the Department ...

A new study demonstrates that computer models of gut metabolism can predict which probiotics will successfully establish ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has ...

Maybe you smile through meetings you'd do anything to skip, or throw in extra exclamation marks in emails. You tell everyone ...

Data-analysis and modelling positions are already becoming obsolete, but hands-on experimentalists can breathe easy for now.

Research shows that having a sense of purpose can lower stress levels and boost our mental health. Finding meaning may not ...