Yasemin Saplakoglu

Memories may affect how well the brain will learn about future events by shifting our perceptions of the world.

The first large-scale comparison of mutation rates gives insights into how quickly species can evolve.

The most comprehensive survey of how we share our microbiomes suggests a new way of thinking about the risks of developing some diseases that aren’t usually considered contagious.

“Virovores” — organisms that survive and multiply by eating viruses — might influence the flow of energy through ecosystems.

Tiny genetic sequences in a mother’s bacteria seem to hop into the infant's bacteria, perhaps ensuring a healthy microbiome later in life.

The neural representations of a perceived image and the memory of it are almost the same. New work shows how and why they are different.

If plaques of amyloid protein in the brain aren’t the root cause of Alzheimer’s disease, what is?

After decades in the shadow of the reigning model for Alzheimer’s disease, alternative explanations are finally getting the attention they deserve.

The chemists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless were recognized for their development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.