Biology News Stories

Meet T-Rex's pint-sized ancestor, revealed after twenty years of mystery...

The largest ever genome-wide study of bipolar has found important new genetic links.

Ancient DNA reveals farming was brought to Britain by migrants, not adopted by local hunter-gatherers.

Sleep feels refreshing and we're groggy without it - but what actually causes it?

For the second time in history, HIV has been successfully cleared from a patient’s blood stream...

An injection of nanoparticles to the retina allows mice to see infrared light.

Four new DNA building blocks that meet the criteria to encode life have been created by US scientists...

Stiff membranes and an altered charge allow bugs to fend off drugs...

Grasses steal from neighbours to survive...

Bacteria may be tricking animals into eating microplastics

A wireless brain-to-brain interface allows humans to guide live rats through a complex maze…

A compound curbs mosquito appetite...

A new discovery paves the way for a novel pre-eclampsia treatment...

The molecule that makes memories fade...

A rocking bed experiment made adults fall asleep faster

Frailty in old age can be averted by exercising when young

A bacterium is a better mosquito-repellent than commercially available products...

Running a temperature improves our infection-fighting ability...

New AI software scales up the data collection of large groups by identifying every single animal...

Desalination plants are pumping out 50% more toxic brine waste than previously thought...

Fossil flowers from 200 million years ago discovered in China...

A diabetes drug can regenerate hair follicles...

New technologies and advances in biology may impact the way we study and treat neurodegenerative disease…

‘Nano-tweezers’ create electric fields capable of trapping single molecules and extracting them from living cells.