Cells—and the molecules inside them—are always on the move. They’re being tugged at, prodded, reshuffled. Behind these actions are tiny forces that, after decades of neglect, are emerging as the next big thing in biology.

Scientists hope to deploy antibodies in the quest to end COVID-19. A recent study moves them closer to accomplishing a key step: finding out if the virus may acquire resistance to antibody-based drugs or vaccines, and how to potent...


The high-resolution 3D image can speed COVID-19 drug discovery.

Scientists have engineered four viruses resembling SARS-CoV-2 to enable faster and safer research on vaccines and treatments.

Scientists find that microbes inside the intestines can control the activities of neurons connecting the gut and brain.

The enzyme is essential for the virus to replicate itself inside our cells. Scientists already have ideas for how to block it.

Scientists have found that a hormone tells the brain to dramatically restructure neurons embedded in fat tissue.  Their work widens our understanding of how the body regulates its energy consumption, and how obesity might be treated in the future.

Meet Jeanne Garbarino, the scientist whose job it is to get teens out of their textbooks and into the lab.

A genomics study has identified a previously unknown cell type whose blood levels tend to rise and fall in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The findings could make it easier to manage the disease and help scientists understand its root causes.

Thousands of years after humans discovered opioids, we’re just beginning to understand how these substances warp the brain and change behaviors.