Biology

Half of all people who avoid the flu shot do so because they question its importance and effectiveness, a new...

Fungi are rich sources of natural molecules for drug discovery, but numerous challenges have pushed pharmaceutical companies away from tapping...

Credit: Berkeley Lab In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams...

Epigenetic changes present at birth - in genes related to addiction and aggression - could be linked to conduct problems...

Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - A new, much more detailed reference genome for maize, or...

Credit: Carson Jeffres/UC Davis A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State's persistent...

An epigenetic mechanism regulating gene activity has been revealed by a KAUST-led international team of researchers investigating interactions between the...

Credit: © 2016 J.M. Gasol Bacterial and archaeal plankton, as the most abundant form of life in the oceans, profoundly...

SAN DIEGO and BOSTON (June 11, 2017, 3:00 ET) -- Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...

Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, senior chemist emeritus of the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory...

Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 12, 2017 - Infants who were breastfed for less than six months...

Credit: STRI archives Woody vines, known as lianas, compete intensely with trees and their numbers are on the rise in...

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Scientific data isn't useful in isolation. So Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) is helping bridge...

Credit: TSU The species-area relationship (SAC) is a long-time considered pattern in ecology and is discussed in most of academic...

Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a method for the remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances....

Credit: Hokkaido University Nipponosaurus sachalinensis - a controversial hadrosaurid dinosaur whose fossilized skeleton was unearthed in southern Sakhalin in 1934...

How will convergence impact the future of cancer research? Answering that question is the driving force behind the Koch Institute...

Credit: Etienne G. J. Danchin and colleagues The nematode worms that cause the world's most devastating crop losses have given...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 9, 2017--A new study of gene transfer using adeno-associated virus...

Credit: Hartgerink Research Group/Rice University Rice University chemists can thank the mussel for putting the muscle into their new macroscale...