What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human ...

Many animals show signs of high intelligence, including strong memory, self-awareness and communication skills.

The Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures has added the syphilis pathogen to its ...

She was a media sensation in the late 1990s, but not much has been mentioned about Dolly, the first cloned sheep.

Researchers have discovered that a single molecule, Wnt3, coordinates a two-step process of cell polarity orientation that ...

The energy resolution limit (ERL) is a mix of parameters representing the economics of a quantum system within a sensor's ...

This internal left-right asymmetry is believed to begin at the very early stage of development -- when a tiny embryo is divided into two parts during a process called gastrulation. This process ...

Scientists found brainstem neurons that tell mice when to stop eating, offering insights for obesity treatments. Columbia ...

Researchers found that newborn immune cells regenerate heart tissue by producing thromboxane. Mimicking this process in ...

In what’s been called a world first, consumers in the UK are now able to buy a pet treat made with lab-grown meat.

For the past two decades, scientists have been manipulating genes to grow human cells where you wouldn’t quite expect them.

NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 5, 2025)--Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play ...