In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the same again.

Experimental organisms such as the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans are fundamental to biological discovery. The success of C. elegans research has ...

Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US

Wang et al. estimate the somatic mutation rate in a ciliate, which contains germline and somatic genomes in the same cell. They discover a linear correlation between per-year germline and somatic muta...

In mammals, repression of germline-specific gene expression is essential for preserving somatic cell identity and preventing disease. Germline gene silencing is often dependent on the presence of prom...

Discovery of heterodimeric, microtubule-forming tubulins in Asgard archaea, the closest known relatives of eukaryotes, reveals snapshots of microtubule evolution.

Many animal species replace histones with protamines during spermatogenesis. Despite their importance for sperm function, protamines rapidly evolve in many species; the biological causes behind their ...

The role of tissue that forms between the head and trunk of a fly embryo has been unclear. It turns out that it absorbs forces when nearby cells move and divide.

Aging is a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases associated with protein aggregation. Here the authors identify age-related hyperactivation of EPS8/RAC signaling in C. elegans as a driver of path...

Two full time assistant professor positions are open for applications at the Department of Life Sciences, within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Iceland.

The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying

npj Aging - Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice

Survey of five Australian avians finds numerous discordant individuals, including a genetically male bird that had laid an egg

A large crater in Siberia's permafrost gives intriguing insights into the past.

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The commander of Apollo 13 famously rescued his men from near certain death in space.

Research on Drosophila neurons shows links between the need to sleep and aerobic metabolism, indicating that the pressure to sleep may have a mitochondrial origin.

To ensure success in reproduction, organisms dedicate substantial resources to supporting the germline. In testes, somatic gonadal cells form a barrier that isolates germ cells from circulating nutrie...

Researchers assessed more than 1,000 results from fruit-fly immunity research published between 1959 and 2011. The majority of findings look verifiable.