Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think.

New experiments reveal how astrocytes tune neuronal activity to modulate our mental and emotional states. The results suggest ...

Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way ...

With a so-called cryo plasma-FIB (Plasma Focused Ion Beam) scanning electron microscope with nanomanipulator, Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) is expanding its research infrastructure with a ...

Syrian soldiers make their way through the country's mountainous Qalamoun region, near the border with Lebanon, on January 1, 2026 — Bakr ALkasem Syria's new government and Israel will set up a joint ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each winter with seasonal affective disorder? Clues to these puzzles may lie in a ...

Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body ...

Anna Kepner was on a family vacation aboard the Carnival Horizon at the time of her death Anna Kepner/Instagram The FBI is investigating the death of a teen that occurred on international waters ...

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre will present The Body Filters, a participatory dystopian play by Greg T. Nanni and Griffin Stanton-Ameisen. Directed by Brenna Geffers, with creative production by ...

A three-alarm fire in Dover, New Jersey destroyed a business and shut down a busy highway overnight. The flames have since been put out, and Route 46 has reopened in both directions for the Monday ...

Motor neurons are some of the largest cells in the human body. In particular, upper neurons—extending from the cerebral cortex to the brain stem or spinal cord—average 60μm in diameter. 3,4 These ...

The list of winners for this year’s Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has finally been released, and the contest’s talented photographers once again wow viewers with fantastical images of ...