Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it ...

Scientists have developed molecular devices that can switch roles, behaving as memory, logic, or learning elements within the ...

Microbiologists have long known that ancient, inactive viruses known as cryptic prophages can insert their genetic material into bacterial DNA. These genetic fragments allow bacteria to use ...

A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

During the upcoming spring semester, University of Missouri sophomore Cade Carman will spend a lot of his time in the ...

Living buildings, quantum computers, safety by design, home robots and AI-assisted pandemic preparedness. Europe’s researchers are reshaping how we live, work and design our cities in 2026.By Anthony ...

Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

The brain constantly blends split-second reactions with slower, more thoughtful processing, and new research shows how it pulls this off. Scientists discovered that brain regions operate on different ...

Some resisted pleas to evacuate when the fires came, some were too infirmed to get out, others had no idea they were in ...

If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...