Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major ...

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) How did Neanderthals grow? Does modern man develop in the same way as Homo neanderthalensis ...

Credit: © F. Chen Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have ...

Credit: BES Photo Archive (Millbrook, NY) Through a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Baltimore Ecosystem Study ...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type ...

Credit: VIIBRE, Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers has received a two-year, $2-million federal grant to develop ...

Credit: Jesse Miller/UC Davis Woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, has increased dramatically in Ozark grasslands over the past ...

ANN ARBOR--Inspired by the Labyrinth of Greek mythology, a new chip etched with fluid channels sends blood samples through a ...

Credit: Jessica C. Thompson/Emory University The first large-scale study of ancient human DNA from sub-Saharan Africa opens a long-awaited window ...

Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - In a major step forward in research, scientists at Cold Spring ...

New insights into how our cells store and manage DNA during cell division could help point towards the causes of ...

Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts ...

Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- The search for biology on neighbor planet Mars won't play out like a Hollywood ...

Making a bold commitment to develop groundbreaking approaches for treating brain diseases and injuries, The University of Texas at San ...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy has been shown to be very effective in recurrent and metastatic head ...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21, 2017 - Expanding the high-dose influenza vaccine recommendation to include middle-aged adults with chronic health conditions may ...

Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. - Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred ...

Credit: CDC/Journal of Medical Entomology Annapolis, MD; September 21, 2017--Three-quarters of counties in the contiguous United States present suitable environmental ...

Credit: University of Colorado Some big plant-eating dinosaurs roaming present-day Utah some 75 million years ago were slurping up crustaceans ...

Credit: Colette Wabnitz Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau's ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study ...