In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Researchers at the University of Maine have discovered that a common interaction between a bacterium and a fungus may ...

Researchers say the innovation, known as SmartEM, will speed scanning sevenfold and open the field of connectomics to a ...

Learn how jellyfish and sea anemones are changing what we know about the evolutionary purpose of sleep.

Cell division is an essential process for all life on Earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early ...

Paul Sisson is a reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune and has covered health care in San Diego County since 2010. He is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and earned a ...