Credit: Photo courtesy of George Perry/Penn State African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team...

Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood...

The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by a range of...

Credit: NIMS NIMS and the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago have jointly developed a Computer-Aided Material Design (CAMaD) system capable...

Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by...

Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a...

Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a...

Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their...

Credit: NASA/JPL Professor Frank Brenker, geophysicist at Goethe University has been working successfully with Professor Alexandor Kort for years. This...

Pneumococci are the most common cause of respiratory tract infections, such as otitis and sinusitis, as well as of severe...

Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events...

Credit: Som Energia Cooperativa The transition from fossil to renewable energy sources is a necessary condition for the sustainability of...

In the first large-scale analysis of cardiovascular complications linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors, Vanderbilt researchers have shown that heart and...

Restoring degraded forests is a critical strategy for addressing climate change given the potential for forests to store significant amounts...

A pioneering study analyses the photographs shared by citizens in social networks to evaluate the aesthetic consideration of natural landscapes....

Credit: Charles Pignon, Marjorie Lundgren, Colin Osborne, and Stephen Long When temperatures drop, the enzyme Rubisco that fuels plant growth...

Immune cells called Gamma Delta T cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, defying the conventional view...

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Monday, November 12, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China - Insilico Taiwan, a Taipei-based subsidiary of...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - For the first time, transplanting gut bacteria from healthy donors was used to...