Credit: University of Portsmouth A University of Portsmouth disaster specialist is helping with the fight in Colombia against illegal gold...

We humans aren't the only creatures drawn by the smell of a good meal. Fruit fly larvae, it turns out,...

Soil health is a key to growing food in a sustainable manner. The 4R nutrient stewardship program is part of...

Credit: Zhe Zhu While Zika virus causes devastating damage to the brains of developing fetuses, it one day may be...

Credit: Joseph Wilson, Utah State University Many people have heard bee populations are declining due to such threats as colony...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) How proteins evolved billions of years ago, when Earth was devoid of life, has stumped many...

Credit: Press-office SibFU According to the head of the works Tatiana Volova, Professor of SibFU and the Head of Laboratory...

The cells of the innate immune system use a signaling pathway comprising STING (Stimulator of interferon genes) to detect DNA...

ANN ARBOR--Sometimes it pays to be unpredictable. A new study shows that when bipedal desert rodents called jerboas are being...

In a paper published in Nature Communications, Northeastern University Professor Jennifer Bowen and University of Rhode Island Professor Laura Meyerson...

Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail than previously thought, a new study from the...

The presence of the bacterium Kingella kingae in children's throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the...

1. Re-analysis of evidence suggests that PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate cancer Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2586 Editorial:...

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have developed a blood test that spots tumor-specific DNA and protein biomarkers for early-stage pancreatic...

LUGANO-MADRID, 04 September, 2017 - European women with ovarian cancer can safely stick to the standard three-week dosing schedule for...

Scientists are honing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common...

Credit: Joan de la Malla Some of the areas hosting most of the world's biodiversity are those inhabited by indigenous...

Credit: MIPT Press Office A U.S.-based team of researchers featuring MIPT scientists has assembled a nanoscale biological structure capable of...

Credit: Immanuel Wagner/imma.tv Nuclear pore complexes are tiny channels where the exchange of substances between the cell nucleus and the...

Credit: NIBB In many areas, the environment fluctuates greatly depending on the season, and animals living in those areas must...