Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

For centuries, scientists have known that plants "breathe" through microscopic pores on their leaves called stomata. These ...

Neuro—what?

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

Coral reefs don’t just shape marine life you can see, they also control the daily rhythms of invisible microbes nearby.

During early germination, water uptake activates metabolic pathways that stimulate the production of hydrolytic enzymes like ...