Biology

Oil spills not only have a direct impact on species and habitats, but may also set off a cascade of...

ITHACA, N.Y. - By taking a series of near-atomic resolution snapshots, Cornell University and Harvard Medical School scientists have observed...

A new study conducted by an international team of lung cancer researchers, including Professor John Field from the University of...

A new study by Kiran Bhaganagar, associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and...

Credit: Toshimich Yamamoto Nagoya, Japan - Most people would agree that painful mosquito bites are an especially annoying part of...

Credit: Leonid Moroz Ten new awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling $14 million will enable biologists to develop...

Credit: Journal of Orthoptera Research and Pensoft The Orthopterists' Society's Journal of Orthoptera Research (JOR) joins the growing portfolio of...

Annapolis, Md.; July 5, 2017 -- Thanks to citizen volunteers, scientists now know more than ever about the flies that...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - In 1988, Irish singer and songwriter Enya released a lead single titled "Orinoco Flow" from her second...

Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Paul Kovach PITTSBURGH (July 10, 2017) ... As a rule, implants and the immune system don't...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.-- A Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine research team has published findings that show patients who...

Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Mineko Kengaku, Tatsuya Murakami, and their colleagues from Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)...

Credit: Natalie Christian Those who crave brownies or hot cocoa may be happy to hear that heroes too small to...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Cetuximab, an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody and the only FDA-approved targeted therapy against advanced head and neck...

Specialized beta cells in the pancreas release the hormone insulin to control our blood glucose levels, and failure of this...

Credit: MIPT's Press Office Pepsi-SAXS is a new highly efficient method for computation of X-ray scattering profiles, which are needed...

Copenhagen, Denmark, July 7, 2017 - Researchers from the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen...

Spilt crude oil has repeatedly polluted and even destroyed marine ecosystems. An effective measure would be to remove spilt oil...

Credit: courtesy Dr. Donnai BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named clinical geneticist Dian Donnai,...

Credit: Kai Peng of Huazhong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON, D.C., July 7, 2017 -- The last time you...