EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

Researchers have created a method called optovolution that uses light to guide the evolution of proteins with dynamic behaviors. By engineering yeast cells so their survival depended on proteins ...

The story of life’s beginnings gets stranger when you look closely at viruses. These tiny entities seem to sit at the edge of biology. They carry genetic material, but they cannot make proteins on ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells but in a very controlled setting. They call it PROTEUS, short for PROTein ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the ...

As 2025 comes to a close, the editors at The Scientist asked researchers to reflect on the biggest breakthroughs in cell biology this year. They named advances in everything from embryo models for ...

When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males ...

Facey, Douglas E., Bowen, Brian W., Collette, Bruce B., and Helfman, Gene S. 2023. The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution and Ecology. 3rd ed. Hoboken, New ...

In this piece, I highlight one particular talk that caught my interest — given by Elana Fertig, Dean E. Albert Reece Endowed ...

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) proudly announces Kyle M. Loh, Stanford University School of Medicine, as the recipient of the 2026 ISSCR Early Career Impact Award, ...