Biology

Credit: Elsevier Oxford, UK, June 28, 2017 - Long-term exposure to a noisy environment, particularly at night, is linked to...

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The world's lightest 3-D printed structure is so lightweight that it can be...

Recent advances in technology have allowed scientists to probe the molecular nature of life, analyzing thousands of genes at a...

Credit: Image by Alejandro Mayorca-Guiliani. The matrix surrounds the cells in every organ of our bodies, and provides shape and...

Credit: Eric Fishel Invasive parasites are a biological oxymoron. And yet, they are in our backyards! A new study analyzes...

GENEVA, Switzerland 28 June 2017 - The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) expresses its serious concerns...

China's trouble with smog and air pollution is well known, but air quality is beginning to improve as Chinese authorities...

Credit: ESRF/Jocelyn Chavy 27 June 2017 - The ESRF Council, representing the 22 partner nations of the ESRF, gave the...

With a sense of smell much greater than humans, dogs are considered the gold standard for explosive detection in many...

Credit: IBS They are all around you! Most plastics, conductive polymers, and even medicines derive from molecules with a double...

Money may not grow on trees, but trees themselves and all that they provide have a dollar value nonetheless. At...

Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa, principal investigator at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown,...

Credit: Kathy Atkinson/ University of Delaware A University of Delaware researcher is part of a team that recently received a...

Credit: Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Chulhong Kim, Associate Professor of Creative IT Engineering at Pohang University of...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - It's possible to alter the wettability of your skin...

Male birds often use brightly coloured plumage to be attractive to females. However, such eye-catching trimmings may also attract unwanted...

Credit: Avacta Life Sciences Scientists have developed a new biological tool for examining molecules - the building blocks of life...

Credit: Thomas Deerinck and Mark Ellisman, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR), and John Glass and J. Craig...

Credit: Alex Nord/UC Davis While the definitive causes remain unclear, several genetic and environmental factors increase the likelihood of autism...

Boston, MA - A large-scale effort to reduce childhood obesity in two low-income Massachusetts communities resulted in some modest improvements...