Complex biological systems are more than the sum of their parts – their properties emerge from the dynamic interaction of their components, such as molecules or cells. PhD researchers now have the ...

An international study has used a computational biology tool that, by analyzing a multitude of biological data from multiple sclerosis patients ranging from genetic information to the whole organism, ...

Do chaos and complexity play a fundamental role in biological information processing? The interdisciplinary approach to problems that till recently were addressed in the hermetic framework of distinct ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational ...

A research team at Duke University has developed a new AI framework that can uncover simple, understandable rules that govern ...

Scientists have discovered a strange tubular structure inside Profftella, a symbiotic bacterium in the Asian citrus psyllid. These long, helical tubes, filled with ribosomes, show a complexity not ...

Microorganisms are the engines that drive most marine processes. Ocean modelling must evolve to take their biological complexity into account. Marine microorganisms are crucial for ocean health.

A 3D graphic showing an artist's interpretation of human X and Y chromosomes. On the left are blue bundles of genetic material making an X shape and on the right blue bundles of genetic material ...

Thomas Merritt receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Allie Hutchings does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

1. The expansion of intensive agricultural practices is a major threat to biodiversity and to the delivery of ecosystem services on which humans depend. Local-scale conservation management strategies, ...