Biology

Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection....

Stress is a major risk factor for a range of psychopathologies. However, stress does not affect everyone equally: in the...

Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry...

Credit: King's College London Researchers from King's College London have discovered a molecular mechanism that enables neuronal connections to change...

Credit: Seema S. Lakdawala/Pitt PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The scientific textbook depiction of the flu virus is about to...

The malaria parasite's success is owed to the stripping down of its genome to the bare essential genes, scientists at...

As air temperatures rise at constant pressure, the density of air declines and this makes it harder for an airplane...

Credit: French Embassy, Washington DC PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has entered into...

James Cook University researchers in Australia say they now know exactly what makes horny cane toads boogie. And the toad...

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 13, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...

Credit: Susan Gilliland In 2015, a rural community in southeastern California approached Daniel Winkler and his doctoral advisor, Travis Huxman,...

Credit: Fabian Nippgen Mountaintop-removal coal mining causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to...

The first ever Baseline Distribution of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern has been published by the JRC. The 37...

Credit: André Baumgarten/WCS HAVANA, Cuba (July 13, 2017) - Experts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted...

Credit: Public domain As the notion of nuclear hostilities leaps from its old, Cold War perch into modern debate, new...

Credit: UEx Radioactive contamination is the unwanted presence of radioactive substances in the environment. Our environment is contaminated by naturally-occurring...

As G20 Summit 2017 drew to a close, the issue of climate change divided the world. As it happened, 19...

Ann Arbor, MI, July 13, 2017 - Maternal obesity and child neurodevelopmental problems have both increased in the U.S. and...

Credit: Charles Davies; Flickr Although Charles Darwin lived and worked in the 19th century, modern evolutionary biologists are far from...

Credit: E. Hunter Sea-level rise may be a big problem for saltmarsh birds, but so is predation, and birds sometimes...