Biology

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University Rain or shine has new meaning thanks to an innovative, inexpensive and simple tactic developed by...

A new study suggests the existing drug D-cycloserine may enhance recovery for children during treatment for pediatric feeding disorders, by...

Credit: Photo by: L. Brian Stauffer Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy...

New King's College London research suggests that sons of older fathers are more intelligent, more focused on their interests and...

Credit: SIAM Abdominal obesity, or fat that accumulates around one's stomach and abdomen, has long been considered to pose a...

Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of...

Credit: Nik Cunniffe An international team of researchers has used mathematical modelling to understand new ways of combating maize lethal...

Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 20, 2017-- An innovative technique using light and tiny bubbles to propel microparticles at forces...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - A late bedtime is associated with lower perceived control...

Credit: Kara Bandy, CTTC Vanderbilt University Imagine plopping six cups of coffee grounds on the heads of patients just before...

ANN ARBOR -- A chess-like board game developed by University of Michigan researchers helps small-scale Mexican coffee farmers better understand...

Credit: Image courtesy of María Angélica Bravo Núñez and Nicole Nuckolls. KANSAS CITY, MO - Researchers from the Stowers Institute...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 20, 2017 -- Whether you sop it up with bread or use it...

Ottawa, ON (June 20, 2017) - Canadian Science Publishing, an independent, not-for-profit scholarly publisher dedicated to serving the needs of...

Australian researchers have for the first time discovered that a specific type of irritable bowel syndrome is associated with exhaustion...

Credit: Jessica Oster, Vanderbilt University The weather report for California 8,200 years ago was exceptionally wet and stormy. That is...

Credit: University of Warwick High-strength, lightweight steels can finally be processed on an industrial scale, thanks to a breakthrough in...

A team led by UCL and Cardiff University researchers has developed a novel measure of disease progression for Huntington's disease,...

KNOXVILLE --Plant diseases pose a serious threat to global food security, especially in developing countries, where millions of people depend...