The Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program is a transformational award for postdoctoral scientists who show exceptional promise as future leaders in academic science, advancing foundational discoveries while ...

These are the mouthparts of two different kinds of ticks. The mouthpart is what a tick uses to bite and latch onto you or your pets. Each mouthpart has a pair of hooked “teeth” for piercing the skin ...

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Now why would someone throw paint all over a perfectly good human brain? The good news is that this isn’t a paint splattered brain, but the colors are meaningful. This is a functional magnetic ...

This section of a geometer moth antenna is obviously not a true nose, as we think of that organ, but these moths do use their antennae to detect odorants and other chemicals in the air. Their antennae ...

For humans and other mammals, hair plays three major roles: insulation, protection, and sensation of stimuli in the environment. On the other hand (or foot, as in the case of this beetle), insects ...

What am I looking at? This is a video of two so-called HeLa cells that are labeled with a marker for an actin cross-linking protein. The thin tendrils extending from the cell and waving around are ...

Who wants a caterpillar ride? Actually, there are several reasons why you shouldn’t jump on the back of these saddleback slugs, despite their common name. First, they are tiny. Second, they have no ...

What am I looking at? These are cells derived from monkey kidney tissue, growing in culture. They were filmed at a very slow frame rate overnight, and you are seeing the video played back here at a ...

Beauty is all around us. It is everywhere our eyes can see – in the breathtaking majesty of snowcapped mountains, in the tranquil shores of tropical beaches, and in the faces of those we love. But ...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). These have become household terms since the start of the global COVID-19 ...