A key question that remains in biology and biophysics is how three-dimensional tissue shapes emerge during animal development. Research teams have now found a mechanism by which tissues can be ...

Developing life-saving medicine takes a lot of time, money and testing. But one company's artificial intelligence-driven technology provides a way to slash all three while saving the lives of more ...

Biomedical research seeks to understand human physiology and disease risk, as well as myriad biological processes in humans—from the genetic level on up. Biomedical research also informs drug ...

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

Graduate student Shubham Sinha (left) and assistant professor of physics Vivek Prakash (right) stand in front of projections of cell motion inside chicken embyros that they captured. Their research, ...

The last few weeks have been busy for Jim Corbett. Corbett, the CEO of organ-chip developer Emulate, has been fielding requests from potential clients, as well as from early investors who say they ...

Scientists have studied the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans for decades, making essential contributions to basic science. In the latest milestone, scientists used cutting-edge technology to ...

I started this blog a little over a year ago as a way of exploring the intersection of animal behavior research and human psychology. Research on animal behavior provides a lot of insights for ...