Proteins are essential for life - from immune signalling to digestion, almost every biological process relies o

The brain of any living organism, in general, is composed of millions of tiny cells called neurons.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, which takes a toll on over a million peo

When a rice leaf is torn or bitten, the plant doesn’t just sit still. It launches a series of rapid molecular alarms.

Bacteria have evolved many clever ways to take over human cells during infection.

When Project Tiger was launched in 1973, efforts to carve out safe havens for tigers took on a new urgency.

A walk through a forest can be a bewildering experience. The whole forest appears to be running wild with insects of varied colours, hues and behaviours. Many of these traits appear to be deployed in defense against visually-hunting predators such as birds and lizards. Evolutionary biologists have long puzzled over the factors that determine when animals evolve to deter predators either through striking visual displays or by hiding in plain sight (i.e., camouflage).

In the 1990s, when Kauai crickets in Hawaii sang love songs with their wings to attract mates, a new island visit

For cells to form functional organs, they must not only multiply but also migrate to the correct loc

Proteins drive nearly every process within a cell.