A new study from the multidisciplinary brain research center at Bar-Ilan University found that jellyfish and sea anemones were the first to present one of sleep’s core functions.

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Researchers found in mice that multiple nutrients and cancer cell characteristics work together to control the spread of ...

Red blood is the exception, not the rule. Evolution has painted it green, purple and white in animals that push physiology ...

Using its economic leverage, California has been forging its own path on scientific research for 25 years. Here’s how.

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

“While it’s relatively easy to grow animal cells for mass food production you need to be able to grow them on something cheap ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

Research shows how the curved shape of a zebrafish egg sets cell division timing, gene activation, and early cell fate ...

Yeast left over from brewing beer can be transformed into edible ‘scaffolds’ for cultivated meat – sometimes known as ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics.