Why does cancer sometimes recur even after successful treatment, or why do some bacteria survive despite the use of powerful antibiotics? One of the key culprits identified is "biological ...

Cells live in a world of chaos, constantly buffeted by random molecular jolts that can derail even the most carefully tuned genetic programs. A new wave of mathematical work is turning that chaos into ...

One of the most fundamental processes in all of biology is the spontaneous organization of cells into clusters that divide and eventually turn into shapes – be they organs, wings or limbs. Scientists ...