Mast cell activation syndrome is a condition that causes mast cells to release an inappropriate amount of chemicals into your body. This causes allergy symptoms and a wide range of other symptoms.

The ability of some animals to dynamically change color to match the brightness of their surroundings is one of nature's great survival tools, allowing flatfish to blend into sandy seabeds, frogs to ...

The symbiotic bacteria that live with reed beetles have different cell shapes in larvae than in adults. This image features these bacteria (in magenta) within the specialized organs of a larva and an ...

An international team of researchers led by the Francis Crick Institute, working with the Paul Scherrer Institute, has ...

While social media can be a useful tool for discovery, it can also be full of misleading claims, particularly in the realm of popular science. The Claim On May 1, Twitter account @microscopicture ...

Penny Riggs has received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation. DNA is found inside the cells of ...