Their swirling, clustering behavior might someday inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms.

Insight into the way the EGF receptor sends signals into cells could help researchers design new cancer drugs that target this protein.

Jonathan Weissman and collaborators used their single-cell sequencing tool Perturb-seq on every expressed gene in the human genome, linking each to its job in the cell.

Two types of tau proteins mix together in a nearly random way to generate the tangles seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

Twenty winning projects will link industry member priorities with research groups across campus to develop scalable climate solutions.

Cells may use this strategy to clear out toxic byproducts and give their offspring a clean slate.

Family trees of lung cancer cells reveal how cancer evolves from its earliest stages to an aggressive form capable of spreading throughout the body.

Innovative brain-wide mapping study shows that an “engram,” the ensemble of neurons encoding a memory, is widely distributed and includes regions not previously realized.

A Climate Grand Challenges flagship project aims to reduce agriculture-driven emissions while making food crop plants heartier and more nutritious.

A new analysis shows how milk-producing cells change over time in nursing mothers.