Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

A research team has applied leading-edge atomic imaging and AI-driven modeling to create the most detailed 3D map yet of the ...

I am the Priority Leader of Trait Diversity and Function, the Science Priority studying plant and fungal traits, to aid conservation, increase resilience to global change, and explore potential uses ...

Mosquito antennae have a main antennal shaft, or flagellum, and a secondary segment that contains the Johnston’s Organ—thought to be the most complex known insect organ capable of responding ...

The linker histone H1 binds to the nucleosome core particle at the site where DNA enters and exits, and facilitates folding of the nucleosomes into a higher-order chromatin structure in eukaryotes.

Flying animals need continual sensory feedback about their body position and orientation for flight control. The visual system provides essential but slow feedback. In contrast, mechanosensory ...