Biology

HANOVER, N.H. – New funding is not enough to guarantee success against emerging infectious diseases around the world. Rather, good...

Credit: The John Innes Centre Identifying the gene for an interesting trait that might help you breed better crops isn't...

Credit: Craig Chandler/University Communication/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 13, 2017 – The common fruit fly, the tiny insect drawn...

IMAGE: Duke researchers show that slowly dividing neural stem cells generate aberrant stem cells and neurons, which may have implications...

Credit: Claudia Dislich, UFZ So far, research on the environmental impact of oil palm cultivation has been scattered and patchy....

Credit: The Field Museum In 1898, Lieutenant Colonel John Patterson shot two man-eating lions that killed dozens of workers building...

A new web tool, MyGene2, will enable patients and their families to join clinicians and scientists in the search for...

Snails have been hailed as nutritious delicacies, providing early humans with part of their healthy diet for thousands of years....

Plant breeders test their experiments by growing the seeds of their labor. They cross two different plants that have desirable...

Credit: EWB AMHERST, Mass. – Results of the two-year, $8 million Great Elephant Census (GEC) of African savannah elephants led...

Mountain gorillas from Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda eat up to 30 kilos of plants a day and their diet...

Credit: Alexa M Schmitz/Yang Bai Centuries ago, the ancient networks of the Silk Road facilitated a political and economic openness...

Human noroviruses – the leading viral cause of acute diarrhea around the world – have been difficult to study because...

New Rochelle, NY, May 12, 2016–Combining the therapeutic potential and advantages of existing oligonucleotide-based approaches to turn off disease-related genes,...

Credit: Photo courtesy HIPRA Rowan University, in conjunction with Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Senate President Steve Sweeney, is pleased...

Credit: Gabrielle Larocque Scientists develop method to create endocytosis on demand System using a chemical and light likened to 'hotwiring'...

We might think of living organisms as typically having two sets of chromosomes—one from mom and one from dad. But...

Credit: ©National Institute of Genetics (NIG) Have you ever wondered why just seeing food can make your mouth start to...

Credit: Greenpeace DURHAM, N.C. — China's plan to ramp up production of new chemicals and synthetic fuels made from coal...

Credit: XU Yunyuan The ability of plants to tolerate chilling stress is fundamental in determining the growing season and geographical...