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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 1, 2022) — “Deep breaths, April. Deep breaths.”  Credit: Mark Cornelison | University of Kentucky Photo LEXINGTON, Ky. (April...

For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote...

The human metathalamus is extremely important for relaying auditory and visual signals to the rest of the brain. However, a...

An international team of investigators, including several researchers in biological sciences from the U of A, have published a paper...

PHILADELPHIA— A new type of cell that resides deep within human lungs and may play a key role in human...

Cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five. This has been...

The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect specialized pacemaker cells that maintain the heart’s rhythmic beat, setting off a self-destruction process within...

The presence of dendritic cells, so-called ‘sentinel’ immune cells, is vital to maintain and regulate the balance of the body’s immune...

Gender-affirming facial surgery (GFS) is pursued by transgender individuals who desire facial features that better reflect their gender identity. Until...

COVID-19 patients commonly report having headaches, confusion and other neurological symptoms, but doctors don’t fully understand how the disease targets...

Infant monkeys conceived while their mothers were naturally exposed to wildfire smoke show behavioral changes compared to animals conceived days...

University of Leeds news Credit: Lee Roberts University of Leeds news  Embargo: Friday 1 April, 10am London time  Increased levels of...

Over the two decades paleontologist Kevin Padian taught a freshman seminar called The Age of Dinosaurs, one question asked frequently...

When scientists announced the complete sequence of the human genome in 2003, they were fudging a bit. In fact, nearly...

Prehistoric mammals bulked up, rather than develop bigger brains, to boost their survival chances once dinosaurs had become extinct, research...

Xinjiang, in northwest China, lays at an important junction between east and west Eurasia and has played a historically important...

Tetrahymena, a tiny single celled-organism, turns out to be hiding a surprising secret: it’s doing respiration – using oxygen to...

After the last meeting of the International Society of Microbiota (ISM), a well-documented report and statement were published. Numerous investigations showed...

Most of us remember enough biology to recall that mitochondria are known as “the powerhouse of the cell.” Even that...

WASHINGTON – Engineers, optical and medical scientists, physicians, researchers, and graduate students will convene for this year’s Biophotonics Congress: Biomedical...