Biology

Prof. Melody Swartz in laboratory

Exploiting cancer cells to aid in their own destruction

Salamander

How organisms filter out the noise to make accurate predictions

An artist's rendering of a yolk-sac-carrying hatchling of the stem lamprey Priscomyzon riniensis.

Long-accepted theory of vertebrate origin upended by lamprey fossils

A group of llamas standing outside

How llamas named Wally and Winter are helping scientists study COVID-19

illustration of Chlorobium tepidum bacteria

Bacteria know how to exploit quantum mechanics, UChicago study finds

Striped fish - Common Cuttlefish Sepia Officinalis - surrounded by sea grass

Cuttlefish can pass the ‘snacking test,’ study finds

Scientist works in lab holding pipette

UChicago, Argonne scientists zero in on molecules that could fight COVID-19

illustration of a field of people standing in circles at a distance

At least 50% of COVID-19 infections come from people who aren’t showing symptoms, study finds

Tiktaalik illustration

New clues emerge on how early tetrapods learned to live—and eat—on land

Heart pacing nature nano

New self-assembly method creates bioelectronics out of microscopic structures