Most animals, including humans, have bilateral symmetry, which means our bodies are pretty symmetrical. At least on the ...

Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...

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 a role in monitoring food ...

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 ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Scientists have translated nanoscale experimental and computational data into precise 3D representations of bacteria, yeast ...

Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...

Students, teachers and Nebraska state officials largely testified Tuesday in favor of a proposal that would prohibit student ...

Neurons that secrete the neuropeptide orexin help mice decide between exercise and snacking.