Each year, the U.S. Coast Guard performs thousands of search and rescue missions at sea.

New work from a team of Carnegie cell, genomic and developmental biologists solves a longstanding marine science mystery that could aid coral conservation.

Like any cells in the body, cancer cells need sugar ­– namely glucose – to fuel cell proliferation and growth.

A diverse diet and flexible behaviour may have empowered blenny fish to make a dramatic transition out of the water – but once on land, they have been forced to become specialised, a new study led by UNSW shows. 

The number of red squirrels is on the increase in Ireland thanks to the return of the pine marten, a native carnivore, a new survey led by NUI Galway has found.

Nanoparticles cloaked in human lung cell membranes and human immune cell membranes can attract and neutralize the SARS-CoV-2 virus in cell culture, causing the virus to lose its ability to hijack host cells and reproduce. 

An exotic physical phenomenon known as a Kohn anomaly has been found for the first time in an unexpected type of material by researchers at MIT and elsewhere.

If you want to see one of the wonders of the natural world, just startle a bombardier beetle.

The gene is central to a mechanism that controls how receptive plants are to working with mycorrhizal fungi.