A combination of two classical biological laws, the global constraint principle delves deeper into complex biological ...

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Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with many other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and mathematics, which help us ...

Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...

A research team has developed a new system to estimate a person's biological age -- a measure of how well their body has aged, rather than just counting the years since birth. Using just five drops of ...

Iron is an essential element that plays a crucial role in various cellular processes including enzymatic activity, DNA repair, and oxygen transfer. To determine an individual’s iron status, clinicians ...

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