Vampire bats have been running on treadmills for science. A study has tested how the critters survive on a blood-only diet.

So said the dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), Associate Professor Lionel Green-Thompson in a stirring ...

A new microscope is capable of live imaging of biological processes in such detail that moving protein complexes are visible.

Mirroring the mechanisms that make human faces and bodies—and those of many multicellular organisms—symmetrical, bee colonies ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals ...

Human societies have long depended on the division of labor to thrive—walk into any town, and you can probably find bakers ...

Chinese scientists have found abiotic organic compounds in the ocean crust, shedding light on deep-sea carbon cycles and life ...

Researchers unveil the inner mechanisms of the most intricate and complex molecular machine in human biology. Scientists at the Centre (CRG) in Barcelona have developed the first comprehensive ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects ...

In Alzheimer’s, some research suggests that a buildup of prion proteins in the brain may contribute to the devastating loss of short- and long-term memory. “Long-term memory shapes our personality, ...

The biological sciences form the foundation of a number of academic disciplines at Smith, including biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, landscape studies and environmental science and policy. The ...