Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set of complexes called the oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) system acts like ...

Study results advance understanding of how human cells evolved and could help point to new solutions for patients with rare genetic diseases.

An international research team led by scientists from the University of Vienna has uncovered new insights into how ...

Dr Svenson comes to Oxford University from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (Ohio, USA), where he was curator of Invertebrate Zoology and, since 2022, chief science officer.

Researchers examine a 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco and find out that echinoderms went from bilateral to ...

A 500-million-year-old fossil from Morocco, discovered by Natural History Museum scientists, is offering extraordinary new ...

We think of tears as an overflow of emotion, but an evolutionary lens shows they’re a rational form of social signalling ...

The fossil, Atlascystis acantha, is the oldest known echinoderm with a bilateral body plan. It bridges the evolutionary gap between the closest living relatives of echinoderms, all of which have ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

S ince they were first deployed almost 100 years ago, antibiotics – originally discovered in soil – have saved millions of ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

Wild Bio, a start-up using evolutionary biology to develop resilient crops, has partnered with Oxford University scientists on a £6m project backed by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency.