Credit: Ludmer Centre The origins of autism remain mysterious. What areas of the brain are involved, and when do the...

Credit: American Chemical Society PHILADELPHIA -- Ian A. Blair, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on applying mass spectrometry, which measures...

Credit: Dr. Peter K. L. Ng A new species of crab with star-shaped tubercles all over its body has been...

Parkinson's disease is an insidious disease: by the time it manifests as the typical motor dysfunctions such as tremors or...

Credit: US Department of Agriculture Some commercial beekeeping practices may harm honeybees more than help them, scientists warn in a...

Credit: US National Park Service, Public Domain WASHINGTON, D.C., August, 29, 2017 -- Northern China's roadsides are peppered with deciduous...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Using a combination of computational and experimental techniques, a research team at the University...

Researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency and the University of Minnesota - Crookston marked a significant milestone in the...

Although common opinion holds that exposure to pesticides increases adverse birth outcomes, the existing body of scientific evidence is ambiguous....

Our bodies, with all their different features and variations, are the result of well-orchestrated processes that dictate what and how...

Credit: David Hirsch Researchers have identified a set of genes that help control early drought response in a popular global...

By combining new system-biological analyses and advanced data analysis, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been able to monitor the maturation...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial...

Credit: Ayrton Vollet-Neto / University of São Paulo Queens of stingless bee species (Meliponini) face a reproductive dilemma. If they...

Washington, DC - Aug. 29, 2017 - Researchers have demonstrated a new, improved version of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay, a...

Soils can be extraordinarily biodiverse and differ widely in the kinds of microbial communities that inhabit them. As our understanding...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Malaria, one of the most severe public health problems, affected 212 million people worldwide in 2015....

Credit: Emily Hartop For nearly 30 years, Dr. Brian Brown knew about a mysterious unidentified phorid fly species, whose females...

Doping is remarkably widespread among elite athletes, and remains largely unchecked despite the use of sophisticated biological testing methods. This...

India is a second largest producer of leather, and being so, leather production and dyeing significantly contribute to pollution of...