Authors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform zo...

Nature Communications - Tubulin conservation presents a challenge to understanding microtubules’ diverse functions in eukaryotes. Here, the authors characterize the structures of P....

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.

In the light of the resurgence of pertussis and the related increase in infant mortality in some countries a SAGE Working Group on Pertussis Vaccines was established.

Rund 400 Gäste aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft kamen zum diesjährigen Max-Planck-Jahresempfang in Berlin, um sich über Europas Rolle in einer sich wandelnden globalen Wissenschaftsordnung a...

In this report, learn how researchers are adapting to rapid AI change, shifting funding landscapes, and new expectations for collaboration and impact.

Many commensal bacteria that peacefully reside in the human microbiome are also able to cause acute opportunistic infections. Emerging evidence suggests that within-host evolution contributes to infec...

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 was awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks.”

The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to three researchers — Shimon Sakaguchi, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell — for discovering how the immune system is kept in check, based…

Mary E Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi worked on how the immune system can be prevented from harming the body