Credit: Matthew R. Ryan With herbicide resistance on the rise, there is a renewed emphasis on soil tillage as a...

Credit: University of Seville The group of Doctor Myriam Calonje Macaya from the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF),...

Credit: Earlham Institute SPECTRE, a new open-source software package, simplifies the complex business of creating phylogenetic networks and trees. It...

Scientists from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, US, have revealed a communication system between the knee joint and developing...

Textbooks tell us that, in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, the host plant supplies its fungal symbionts solely with sugars, in return...

Credit: Jingxiong Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences Plants of the genus Cuscuta have colorful folk names, such as wizard's net,...

Credit: EPFL EPFL researchers are taking part in an ambitious project funded by the Swiss NanoTera Program and aimed at...

A gene controlling cell size has been identified in a microalgal group which underpins a fifth of the world's food...

Credit: ZHANG Jingxiong Around 1% of flowering plants are parasites. Some of these parasites can survive without host plants while...

Queensland University of Technology will deploy drones in a high-tech effort to find and protect koalas in South East Queensland,...

Credit: Jin M. et al., Journal of the American Chemical Society, May 23, 2017 "Smart" materials that change color in...

Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., July 25, 2017 - Conclusions from a new animal study suggest that walnut consumption...

Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by...

Washington, DC - July 25, 2017 - Pathogenic bacteria are rapidly developing resistance to the arsenal of microbial therapies --...

Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR 1089, Nantes) and the University of London (Royal Holloway) demonstrated the efficacy...

Credit: Henry Shum PITTSBURGH (July 25, 2017) ... From the smallest cell to humans, most organisms can sense their local...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Usually thought of as a health detriment, elevated cholesterol may play a role in longer survival times...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Spinach and kale are favorites of those looking to stay physically...

Credit: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bacteria has a formidable enemy in Wonpil Im. As researchers race against bacteria's growing resistance...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 25, 2017--Soft-bodied robots offer the possibility for social engagement, and...