A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science shows that tweaking the spacing between the cells’ binding domain ...

Scientists discovered years ago that the hypothalamus -- which helps to manage body temperature, hunger, sex drive, sleep and more -- includes neurons that express the protein opsin 3 (OPN3). Far less ...

Thanks to our taste buds, we can enjoy sweet treats such as the Shamrock Shake at McDonald’s when they hit our tongue. While ...

Loggerhead turtles navigate using magnetic fields, and new research has revealed more about this remarkable ability.

We often think about diseases in terms of the symptoms they present. A cold might give you the sniffles or even GI distress, while malaria can give you fever, chills, or nausea, for example. These ...

They say that change takes time. Well, that's not the case for RNA. The small biological molecule acts like a switchboard ...