Summary: For over a century, potassium ions were viewed as mere passengers in the brain—particles that flow through channels ...

Researchers at Leipzig University have gained important insights into learning mechanisms in the brain of the fruit fly ...

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Nagoya City University, and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute ...

Okazaki, Japan, 22 April 2026 – Potassium ions (K⁺) are essential for all cells and living organisms. Scientists have long believed that K⁺ merely ...

This proposal outlines a research collection exploring Cryptochrome (CRY) as a multifunctional molecular hub in insects, extending well beyond its canonical ...

Human behaviours (sleep, motivation, hunger) and our physical fitness parameters (like growth and lifespan) are not separate ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a specific activation site on the Dicer enzyme that changes its shape and function, influencing cell division and ...

This manuscript has convincing data that provides a high-resolution structure of the Egl-RNA complex. The findings are important to understand the formation, stability, and interactions of this ...

Venter led the private effort to sequence the human genome and created the first synthetic bacterial cell while launching ...

14 July 2025 - A decade after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the United Nations released today the 10th edition of its annual progress report, The Sustainable Development ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

From fruit flies to yeast, model organisms have shaped our understanding of genetics, making complex concepts tangible. Pairing these classic research species with modern computational tools and ...