The brain is a vast, densely interconnected network of neurons computing in parallel. Watching these computations unfold in ...

A different type of moss to the one studied. (Oliver Strewe/Getty Images Plus) Mosses are some of the earliest plants that appeared in the fossil record, but they're anything but simple. A new study, ...

Prokaryotic biofilms represent highly organised microbial communities in which cells are embedded within a self-produced matrix and adhere to surfaces ranging from living tissue to industrial ...

Illustration of representative electrical signalling mechanisms in the human body spanning multiple length scales. Several biological tissues and biomolecules, including bone, cornea, structural ...

It has long been thought that only nerve and heart cells use electric impulses to communicate, while epithelial cells -- which compose the linings of our skin, organs and body cavities -- are mute, ...

For decades, researchers have debated whether brain cells called astrocytes can signal like neurons. Researchers recently published the best evidence yet that some astrocytes are part of the ...

University of Arizona researchers have demonstrated a promising new application for graphene nanoribbons, a nanoscale ...