"Shining light on it can move nerve cells."If you heard that, it might sound a bit like science fiction.But this is not science fiction.October 5, 2026. This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...

The time it takes to grow new skin for burns victims could be improved thanks to a new method of cell cultivation using algae, developed by University of Queensland researchers. "Our work shows muscle ...

Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine.

The time it takes to grow new skin for burns victims could be improved thanks to a new method of cell cultivation using algae, developed by University of Queensland researchers. Our work shows muscle ...

A new review synthesises the biophysics of how snow algae swim, sense and migrate through melting snowpacks, with major ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, according to new research in Japan. It was previously thought that combining ...

Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, allowing these animal cells to photosynthesize. Previously, it was believed ...

New research shows that microalgae remodel their surface microbiome under nonylphenol pollution and recruit the bacterium ...

A globally distributed single-celled organism that occurs in harmful algal blooms has been found to exhibit an unusual organisation of photosynthesis. Researchers have taken a closer look at the ...

Bacteria are only the only organisms that are able to 'fix' nitrogen, or remove it from the atmosphere and convert it into a useful form. While some plants seem to fix nitrogen, it is actually ...

A Cleveland-area biologist discovered a brand new species of algae in Stebbins Gulch -- and it's the first of its kind ever ...