Biology

An international group of researchers has discovered that the most ancient dinosaurs' ancestors were quadrupedal. Andrey Sennikov, employee of the...

Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The next big idea to help people with cancer, heart disease, diabetes,...

Researchers at universities in Freiburg, Kiel and Berlin have discovered that the economic value of nature for a society is...

Triggered by decreases in ER Ca2+ level, conformational changes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal domain in STIM1 would switch...

Annapolis, MD; May 24, 2017--Amid the persistent threat of bed bug infestations in multi-unit housing, the best advice for property...

Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A doctoral student of ecology and evolutionary biology at the...

Credit: Nicole Coufal LA JOLLA--Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain's front lines...

KNOXVILLE--In August 2014, toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie shut down the city of Toledo, Ohio's water supply, leaving...

LSTM has launched a new Transposon Registry which will serve as a repository of information on all bacterial transposons for...

Scientists at the University of York have revealed that the 1976 drought is the worst extreme event to affect butterflies...

Credit: The University of Queensland Microorganisms play a crucial role in forming beachrock, a type of rock that forms on...

Credit: Melody Ko for Tufts University Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes...

Loading video... Credit: The Wyss Institute at Harvard University What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt...

Smart meters and time-of-use electricity pricing have only modestly reduced residential energy demand during the most expensive peak periods, a...

Credit: Craig Hill/University of Washington Puget Sound is one of the best places in the United States to capture energy...

Credit: S. Eyes Fire is a crucial part of the forest ecosystem on which threatened Spotted Owls rely, but climate...

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New Indiana University research shows many Americans don't know how clean water gets to...

Credit: Christian Gortázar Schmidt Hunting as an outdoor activity is underrated in how it helps nature and society to regulate...

As Earth warms due to human-caused climate change, extreme climatic events like heat waves, droughts, and spikes in ocean temperatures...

In a research article recently published in Frontiers in Chemistry, a team of researchers investigated the effects of fungal infection...