Mitochondria are the small organelles that generate the energy our bodies need to grow, move, and stay healthy. As ...

Australian researchers have created tiny compartments to help supercharge photosynthesis, potentially boosting wheat and rice ...

Scientists discovered that a tiny Panamanian bat hunts like a lion, catching large prey using sound, patience, and precision.

When athletes devote large amounts of energy to running or cycling, they unconsciously cut back on energy output elsewhere.

Since 2019, breakthroughs in synthetic biology, AI-driven protein design, and precision fermentation have revitalized the ...

Graduate biology student Bryce Donaghue is studying how vegetation beneath solar panels attracts insects and creates new hunting grounds for bats. His goal is to demonstrate that renewable energy ...

When ultra-runners lace up for races that stretch hundreds of miles and days, they're not merely testing their mental grit ...

Even the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that ...

A team of mechanical engineers at UC Santa Barbara created a robot that set the world record for vertical jump height, ...

Daylight saving time lasts for roughly eight months, until the clocks shift back to standard time in the fall. This occurs on the last Sunday in October in the UK, and the first Sunday in November in ...

A new study reveals a metabolic ceiling - an upper limit to how much energy the human body can sustain over time, no matter ...

Scientists tracked 14 elite endurance athletes for a year and found a metabolic ceiling: no one sustained more than 2.5× ...