Biology

Credit: penn State Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol,...

The loss of anatomical features is a frequent evolutionary event. For example, humans and other great apes have lost their...

Charles Lieber and his group are rewriting the rules of how scientists study retinal cells, and they're doing it with...

The sexual habits of Trichophyton rubrum, the fungus that causes athlete's foot and other kinds of skin and nail infections,...

We humans are the only primates that can flexibly control the pitch of our voices. This melodic control is not...

Credit: Roberto Keller A new study, to be published in Current Biology* on 28 June, proposes new strategies to induce...

Credit: Tim Wacher, ZSL A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now...

Credit: Leibniz-IZW Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz IZW) in Berlin analysed the spatial behaviour...

Credit: TCP/Liran Samuni "Leaf clipping is a special behaviour. It is a rare example of tool-use in a communicative context...

Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled...

Credit: Drexel University A new study by researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine reverses the popular scientific dogma that...

Québec City, June 28, 2018?A dietary supplement derived from glucose increases muscle-force production in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mouse...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Sussex, England, have discovered that the process of copying DNA generates...

Credit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - June 28, 2018 - Bolstering the notion that RNA should be considered an important...

Credit: Christopher Michel Many marine protected areas are often unnecessarily expensive and located in the wrong places, an international study...

Credit: DUAN Xinping Global warming is changing the Earth's climate. Heat waves, heavy rainfall, droughts and floods occur frequently in...

Credit: Eero Haapala Arterial stiffness is one of the early signs of cardiovascular disease, and arterial stiffening has been observed...

Credit: Paul CaraDonna, Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- A new study from Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden has...

Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Drop that yogurt. Instead, try this one with less sugar, fat and fewer unpronounceable additives....

Credit: Dr. Marc Milne Spiders are ubiquitous within our forests, fields, and backyards. Although you may be used to seeing...