Scientists are trying to reach out to the general public to help people understand more about the work that researchers do. A team at the Wyss Institute at Harvard wanted to bring science education to ...

Throughout the history of biological sciences, researchers have attempted to visualize the micro-world of our human bodies through various forms of art. Art simply makes all the fancy technical jargon ...

Animations of biological processes are superb tools for science outreach and communication and can be useful in research too. But we need better ways to tell which parts of an animation are based on ...

If you’re anything like me, you slept through biology class in high school and figured you could become a full-fledged adult without it. And you were right! But if you’re like me, you’re still curious ...

In an animation of the life cycle of HIV, the capsid (HIV’s viral core) is depicted entering the nucleus of a T cell. Credit: Credit: Iwasa lab/University of Utah So—in what would become a weekly trek ...

Many animals rely on movement to find prey and avoid predators. Movement is also an essential component of the territorial displays of lizards, comprising tail, limb, head and whole-body movements.

Computer programs like those used in animated movies such as Shrek could soon be helping more cell biologists explain hypotheses — or even to make new discoveries, according to scientists presenting ...