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

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 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 database, created in 2000, is updated every four months with newly published scientific articles, books, and other publications related to improving or safeguarding the welfare of animals used in ...

For people with two hands, one is usually dominant. On a molecular level, life takes this to the extreme. All of the DNA in ...

Rice lab pioneers an assembly kit for synthetic sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. Rice University bioengineers have ...

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 ...

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.