Biology

Credit: Photo by Lauren Brent, University of Exeter DURHAM, N.C. — The richest and poorest Americans differ in life expectancy...

Credit: Copyright: Ipek G. Kulahci Transmission of information from one individual to another forms the basis of long-term traditions and...

Credit: Institute of Milk Hygiene Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that colonizes and reproduces on diverse food products including...

Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other...

DALLAS – November 19, 2015 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have shown that a pathogen-sensing molecule plays a vital...

Credit: IOZ Convergent evolution, i.e., parallel evolution of identical or similar traits in distantly related species under similar selective pressures,...

Credit: IAP Frequency of Beijing winter severe haze has increased over past decades, culminating in events during January 2013, December...

Credit: Andrius Pasukonis In general, male poison frogs of the species Allobates femoralis are observed as very caring and attentive...

Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Revealing the origin and evolutionary history of the world's manifold...

A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers....

Credit: Lola Davey, Marcos Francisco Perez, CRG. Does the age of a mother influence the traits and characteristics of her...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In contrast to the general belief that the airways of an infant are sterile until after birth,...

Credit: N.V. Kuzmin et al, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands WASHINGTON — When operating on cancer, surgeons want to remove...

Credit: Scientific Reports (Tokyo, August 16) A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, designed by researchers at Tokyo Institute...