Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for...

Credit: Taylor & Francis and Heatshield Slight increases in temperature in Mediterranean regions from global warming could potentially result in...

A James Cook University scientist has warned about the side effects of overusing topical antibiotics, including concerns they're contributing to...

Credit: UVA Health System Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new...

Mount Sinai has partnered with Theragene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to advance a novel airway-delivered gene therapy for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH),...

Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of Washington. Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they've recently described...

Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, July 12, 2017 -New biological information gleaned from the red vizcacha rat, a native species of...

New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 Sunburn in living organisms is caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun...

New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 - Populations of endangered species reach a critical point in their life where...

Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are...

At its summer session during the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Halle (Saale), the...

In the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a research group at Uppsala...

A new jigsaw piece in the evolution of green algae has been identified by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum together with...

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) DFG presents 2016 Annual Report /-- 'Best knowledge-driven research -- supported by broad political and public trust' --...

Credit: Jeremy Testa The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Each year, low...

(American Society of Human Genetics) The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Kári Stefánsson, M.D., founder of deCODE...

A research team led by scientists at UC San Francisco has developed a computational method to systematically probe massive amounts...

Chemicals found in everyday plastics materials are linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure in men, according...

Credit: Jannes Landschoff 'Green-eyed hermit crab' is the common name for a new species recently discovered off the West Coast...

New University of Liverpool research, presented at an international conference, confirms that a novel approach to the treatment of chronic...