Chile is home to the rare soapbark tree, known in the scientific community as Quillaja saponaria. These evergreens, which can stand 15 to 20 m tall and take a quarter of a century to mature, are by no ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...

Scientists who study the brain have long tried to unlock the neural mysteries of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. They can be difficult to diagnose and even harder to treat. The scientists began ...

Pathogens have distinct electrical charges, shapes and sizes. Measuring how quickly they move through an electric field can help researchers separate different species in a sample in minutes. When you ...

With the new goggles, researchers should be able to design better experiments to learn how the animals perceive the world. Reading time 2 minutes At last, researchers say they’ve found a way for lab ...