UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Eva Anton, PhD, found that defective primary cilia can modulate connectivity between neurons during brain development and cause rare neurodevelopmental conditions called Joubert syndrome-related disorders

Computer algorithms disassemble prey capture behavior of zebrafish into its components

For freshwater systems, there is often a lack of consideration as to the optimal sample type for maximizing detection of macroinvertebrates

Two factors are crucial when a peregrine falcon bears down on its prey at a speed of more than 350 kilometers per hour

The interferometry technique has applications for tracking molecules at a cell or tissue scale

Even though rice was the first crop to be fully sequenced, scientists have only documented a few of the genetic changes that made rice into a staple food for more than half the world’s population

Technique developed at Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, funded by FAPESP and hosted by the University of São Paulo, produced hepatic tissue in the laboratory in only 90 days and could become an alternative to organ transplantation in future

Is there a general rule to identify which species are "losers" or "winners"? And what is the effect of range changes on the biodiversity of Chinese flora?

During excavations on Lolland, archaeologists found a 5,700-year-old type of "chewing gum" made from birch pitch

Insects in torrential rivers may inspire engineering solutions

Discovery promises to aid production of protein-based drugs, vaccines, other biomaterials

Less than 10 percent of neurons in the mouse visual system behave the way scientists thought most such cells work to perceive the outside world