Biology

Credit: Léo Ramos Chaves Chemical ripeners, also known as growth regulators, are widely used in Brazil's sugarcane industry to increase...

Credit: Michele Adami The legume Acacia dealbata, also known as mimosa, is one of the most aggressive invasive tree species...

Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., June 7, 2017 -- An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius...

Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found that independent estimates from geology and biology agree on the timing...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Stephanie Jenouvrier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution If projections for melting Antarctic sea ice through 2100 are...

Credit: Picture Martin Qvarnstrom Synchrotron scanning can produce high-quality 3D models of well-preserved food residues from fossil faeces. That's the...

Credit: Global Fishing Watch/2017 NEW YORK: This week, at the United Nation's Ocean Conference, the Republic of Indonesia becomes the...

Credit: Orlin Velev, NC State University Using the principles behind the formation of sandcastles from wet sand, North Carolina State...

Credit: Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. It's usually pretty easy for dedicated scientists with years of...

Credit: Courtesy: Nicole Miller-Struttmann ST. LOUIS - Tracking pollinating bees is a huge business in the world of agriculture. It's...

Credit: UFZ When a soil dries out, this has a negative impact on the activity of soil bacteria. Using an...

Credit: Sanat Kumar/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--June 7, 2017--Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated for the first time a new...

Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive...

Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most exciting directions in cancer treatment. But the approach only works in...

Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (June 7, 2017) -- A group of faculty at Tufts University's School of Arts...

Credit: Chenfeng Ke / Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - June 7, 2017- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new...

Credit: Jeremy Goecks, Bassel F. El-Rayes, Shishir K. Maithel, H. Jean Khoury, James Taylor, Michael R. Rossi There is an...

Credit: Image: Alicia G Gómez-Valadés The brain is key in the regulation of appetite, body weight and metabolism. Specifically, there...

Credit: © KAUST Anastasia Khrenova A different approach to analyzing the motion of diffusing molecules has helped overturn the long-held...

Some bodily activities, sleeping, for instance, mostly occur once every 24 hours; they follow a circadian rhythm. Other bodily functions,...