Why do we crave cookies? When we're sad, when we're celebrating, when we're bored. There are scientific reasons we reach for our favorite baked goods this time of year.

New research has investigated the mechanism by which bivalency functions to poise genes for expression during cell differentiation, providing insight into a long-standing paradigm in the regulation of ...

As well as being essential in the precise packaging of DNA into the space of the nucleus, histone proteins are also the site ...

Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism—a novel genomically recoded organism ...

Our biological sciences students explore the complexities of life and work to address global challenges in biology. Our faculty advance knowledge in a wide range of disciplines within the biological ...

The study's implications stretch from evolutionary biology to potential applications in medicine, agriculture and ...

“We are pleased to welcome Darcy and Emily to Fortis,” said Dave King, CEO of Fortis Life Sciences. “Their exceptional leadership, strategic insight, and extensive industry expertise will further ...

Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant GSK are creating a new cancer vaccine to prevent the disease from developing. The partnership intends to create a vaccine or vaccines which target cells at ...

Humans don't have hollow bones like birds do, so how big would our wings have to be to lift us off the ground?

Brian Larkins, the former associate vice chancellor of life sciences at UNL, was a pioneer in the field of plant molecular genetics and its use in improving crops.

Feb. 3, 2025 — Researchers have identified a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus. This chromosome has likely been around for 480 million years, since before octopuses split apart ...