Biology

New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated...

A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been...

Like the shape-shifting robots of “Transformers” fame, a unique class of proteins in the human body also has the ability...

Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light. Human taste receptors are specialized to distinguish...

A group of researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have described a key interaction to understanding growth control in...

When plants come under attack internal alarm bells ring and their defence mechanisms swing into action – and it happens...

Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. The fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface...

Researchers study how group interaction influences where female fruit flies lay their eggs Fruit flies do not always conform to...

In an unexpected mashup of financial and mechanical engineering, researchers have discovered that the same modeling used to forecast fluctuations...