Biology

Efforts to build a better digital “nose” suggest that our perception of scents reflects both the structure of aromatic molecules and the metabolic processes that make them.

The chemists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were recognized for their development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

Svante Pääbo has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for studying our extinct ancestors’ DNA.

Even though we’ve learned a lot about this relative of smallpox, some mysteries remain due to a lack of political will.

Using inserted genetic circuitry, synthetic biologists controlled the growth of plant roots for the first time.

Field research suggests a new explanation for the synchronized flashing in fireflies and confirms that a novel form of “chimeric” synchrony occurs naturally.

Robots can surpass the limitations on how high and far animals can jump, but their success only underscores nature’s ingenuity in making the most of what’s available.

When the brain encodes memories as positive or negative, one molecule determines which way they will go.

A new study reveals that bacteria can fight viruses in a surprisingly elegant way that has no known counterpart in more complex life.