The development of humans and other animals unfolds gradually over time, with cells taking on specific roles and functions ...

Mathematical models have become an integral part of cancer biology. They are useful tools for deriving a mechanistic understanding of dynamic processes in cancer. The somatic evolutionary process, ...

Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. No two snowflakes are truly alike, but they ...

For all the advances in computer power of recent years, many real-world processes are still so complex that they defy the capability of even the most advanced supercomputers to describe them - and to ...

Human cancers are thought to be sustained in their growth by a pathologic counterpart of normal adult stem cells: cancer stem cells. This concept was first developed in human myeloid leukemias and is ...

Math anxiety is a significant challenge for students worldwide. While personalized support is widely recognized as the most ...

This ScienceLives article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. When the climate changes a species' habitat, the species must track the moving habitat, adapt ...