Biology

Biologists try to understand complex sub-molecular processes by creating movies in their heads. They're getting more help with that these days from Janet Iwasa, a biochemist at the University of Utah who uses 3-D animation software to visualize how cells and proteins work.

An Illinois State University graduate student has been recognized for her research in how the body fights off bacteria with bleach that our body creates. Sadia Sultana won first prize at ISU's annual Three Minute Thesis competition at the Normal Theater.

Edgar Lehr spent two weeks camping in a Peruvian park at 10,000 feet and found the lizard with a black belly on the second day of the expedition. Lehr was given the honor of selecting a name for the new lizard species, though it has not yet been revealed.

A savanna restoration just off Normal’s Main Street could transform a long-forgotten space into an urban ecology showcase for Illinois State…

North and west of Mason City, Iowa, there is a quarry belonging to the LeHigh Cement Company. It's huge. In a "what I did on my summer vacation" moment,…