A new census asks why the oceans have so little biomass compared to land, and shows how small marine producers pull their weight

 

Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene for a tiny non-coding RNA could herald the onset of neurodegenerative disease

 

A non-coding gene’s neighbors reveal what it does for a “living.” The findings may pave the way to developing therapies for epilepsy and autism

 

Through millions of years of evolution, shrimps have developed unique-shaped eyes that enable them to see well in their immediate environment - the seabed

 

Timely prediction may help prevent the condition using nutritional and lifestyle changes

 

The molecule points the way toward treating viruses that cross from animals to humans

Orphaned in childhood, Dmitri Mendeleev overcame poverty and ailment on his path to finding a new method of organizing the chemical elements. Marking the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table and 185 years since its discoverer’s birth

 

There are a little over one hundred elements in the universe. How were they created?