Biology

Credit: Tim Caro/UC Davis Scientists are on a threshold of a new era of color science due largely to an...

Credit: Patrick Roberts The first review of the global impact of humans on tropical forests in the ancient past shows...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2017 -- Artificially constructed human tissues and organs have been developed with a number of different...

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that survival of a particularly aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia...

David Geiser and Seogchan Kang, professors of plant pathology and environmental biology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, received...

Credit: University of Huddersfield AN insect that was once found mainly in China and in South America has begun to...

The Goldschmidt conference, the world's biggest and most important geochemistry conference, takes place in Paris from 13 to 18 August....

BALTIMORE, MD. - The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has been awarded a three-year, $2.47 million grant...

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Climate variability -- rather than the presence of a major dam -- is...

MONTREAL--More than 5,500 sociologists will convene in Montreal this August to explore scientific research relating to social inequality and many...

Credit: Jeffrey L. Littlefield. A recent study featured in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management sheds new light on...

Credit: NASA. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Scientists at the University of California, Riverside investigating the composition of particulate matter (PM) and...

Hemiplegic cerebral palsy hampers movement in one side of a person's body. In the first genetic study of its kind...

WASHINGTON - A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine outlines how to examine whether specific...

When designing and characterizing new drugs, a key aspect is making sure the drug actually goes where it is intended...

Credit: David Wohl Chapel Hill, N.C. - Ebola virus RNA can persist in the semen of survivors more than two...

Credit: Harvard University Flexible endoscopes can snake through narrow passages to treat difficult to reach areas of the body. However,...

Credit: Photo courtesy Catherine Dana CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers are looking to insects - specifically cicadas - for insight into...

Tree-of-heaven -- or Ailanthus -- is an invasive triple threat, according to a team of plant pathologists. The species produces...

Adding onions to a recipe can make a meal taste rich and savory, but cutting up the onion can be...