Researchers compared a pair of superficially similar motor neurons in fruit flies to examine how their differing use of the same genome produced distinctions in form and function.

The findings point to faster way to detect bacteria in food, water, and clinical samples.

MIT researchers model and create an atlas for how neurons of the worm C. elegans encode its behaviors, make findings available on their “WormWideWeb.”

A single protein can self-assemble to build the scaffold for a biomolecular condensate that makes up a key nucleolar compartment.

MIT engineers developed a new way to create these arrays, by scaffolding quantum rods onto patterned DNA.

In addition to turning on genes involved in cell defense, the STING protein also acts as an ion channel, allowing it to control a wide variety of immune responses.

A new approach opens the door to a greater understanding of protein-microbe interactions.

Distinctive EEG patterns indicate when a patient’s state of unconsciousness under general anesthesia is more profound than necessary.

A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth.