Biology

Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., July 25, 2017 - Conclusions from a new animal study suggest that walnut consumption...

Credit: Isaac Simão Neto Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Science Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil have discovered a...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Around half of all medications for chronic diseases are not taken as prescribed, costing the U.S. health...

Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by...

Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department...

Washington, DC - July 25, 2017 - Pathogenic bacteria are rapidly developing resistance to the arsenal of microbial therapies --...

Boston, Mass. -- Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients...

Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR 1089, Nantes) and the University of London (Royal Holloway) demonstrated the efficacy...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that microbial species living on cheese have transferred thousands of...

Credit: Henry Shum PITTSBURGH (July 25, 2017) ... From the smallest cell to humans, most organisms can sense their local...

Credit: Matthew R. Ryan With herbicide resistance on the rise, there is a renewed emphasis on soil tillage as a...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Usually thought of as a health detriment, elevated cholesterol may play a role in longer survival times...

Credit: University of Seville The group of Doctor Myriam Calonje Macaya from the Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (IBVF),...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Spinach and kale are favorites of those looking to stay physically...

Credit: Earlham Institute SPECTRE, a new open-source software package, simplifies the complex business of creating phylogenetic networks and trees. It...

Credit: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Bacteria has a formidable enemy in Wonpil Im. As researchers race against bacteria's growing resistance...

Scientists from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, US, have revealed a communication system between the knee joint and developing...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 25, 2017--Soft-bodied robots offer the possibility for social engagement, and...

St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--While beneficial microbes are becoming a more common tool in agriculture, their effectiveness in the field...

Textbooks tell us that, in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, the host plant supplies its fungal symbionts solely with sugars, in return...