Discovery of an enzyme that prevents obesity in mice through glycosylation of a protein involved fat-cell differentiation.

Masaki Watabe talks about automated robotic researchers, future robot rule, and scientific philosophy.

Scientists have developed ultra-thin photovoltaic solar cells that can be incorporated into fabric and even washed.

Newly discovered plant peptide hormone can be used to protect plants from excessive environmental salt.

None of us would get on a plane that had its parts changed in mid-air, says Eve Marder, who has spent her career probing a very specific cluster of crustacean nerve cells. Yet we are all walking around undergoing a constant turnover of cellular parts, and so are the lobsters and crabs Marder studies.