For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

Flexoelectricity, which can transform mechanical deformation into electrical signals, could provide enough power to fire ...

Scientists are uncovering why Brazil may be one of the most important yet underused resources for studying extreme longevity.

It turns out sleeping isn’t just about resting your eyes, as a new study found that even ancient creatures without eyes — or even brains — need it too.

One of the most well-studied cellular responses is how they react during times of stress, such as when the temperature gets ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

A rare genetic variant found in families affected by schizophrenia completely abolishes the function of TAAR1, an emerging ...

While our cells are performing some important, basic functions, they can generate compounds known as reactive oxygen species ...

Long before memory problems appear, your brain may already be losing neurons. That is the unsettling message from new work by ...

Singapore has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, yet many individuals spend almost a decade in poor health ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...

The brain is a complex organ, fundamentally changing across the day to perform basic functions like sleep, thought, and regulating whole-body physiology. This requires a complex symphony of nutrients, ...