Biology

Credit: Figure: Gänzler/KIT Reducing pollutant emission of vehicles and meeting stricter exhaust gas standards are major challenges when developing catalytic...

Boston, MA - Manipulating mitochondrial networks inside cells -- either by dietary restriction or by genetic manipulation that mimics it--may...

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship to the University of Konstanz for the...

Credit: Dr. Takuro Niidome Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are known to have excellent antibacterial properties and are considered by many to...

Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS The creation of cardiac tissue-like constructs could offer an effective and convenient "woundplast" for repairing myocardial...

Magdalena R. Osburn, a Northwestern University geobiologist who studies ancient and modern microbes, has been awarded a 2017 Packard Fellowship...

Credit: European Geosciences Union In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been replaced by cash...

Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A 2015 U.S. federal law banning tiny plastic beads in some exfoliating products left...

Credit: Fred Hutch file photo SEATTLE - Oct. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the...

Polishing an apple with your shirt might remove some dust and dirt, but getting rid of pesticide residues could take...

CORAL GABLES, FL (October 16, 2017) - A probe invented at Rice University that lights up when it binds to...

Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape The world's coastal ecosystems -- areas such as tidal marshes and mangrove forests --...

In September, a ban on triclosan in over-the-counter antiseptic soaps, gels and wipes went into effect in the U.S. But...

Credit: University of Houston With a four-year $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), two University of...

As a gigantic carbon sink, the ocean has taken up about a third of the carbon dioxide (CO2) released into...

Eating large amounts of certain fish can expose consumers to methylmercury, which can potentially cause health problems. But recent research...

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - A pre-clinical study led by Indiana University scientists reports a promising step forward in...

Immune cells are normally associated with fighting infection but in a new study, scientists have discovered how they also help...

Credit: KAIST A Korean research team from KAIST developed a computational framework that enables the reconstruction of a comprehensive computational...

Humans have so profoundly altered the Earth that, some scientists argue, our current geologic epoch requires a new name: the...