Biology

Credit: Nick Kerhoulas. For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses....

Credit: NIST When scientists need to identify an unknown compound, they do what a police detective might do. They get...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks....

This figure shows brain electrical activity at the temporal lobes before and after HIRREM® sessions. Brain State Technologies: Successful Clinical...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged...

Credit: Thomas Steuer/ Pierre Morel When choosing between alternative actions, we have to compare the positive outcomes of those actions...

Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a...

The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from...

Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic...

Credit: Bryon Veilleux. Boulder, Colo., USA: A new field guide in conjunction with GSA's Rocky Mountain Section meeting offers five...

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

Credit: Saint Louis University In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Saint Louis University professor of physics Jean Potvin,...

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn URBANA, Ill. - Last summer, farmers in the Midwest got an unwelcome surprise after planting native...

Under the pledges made by countries under the Paris Agreement on climate change, greenhouse gas emissions could range from 47...

(University of Texas at Austin) Scientists at The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have found that a devastating...

Credit: Peter Barta / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital molecular biologists have identified an enzyme...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) affects over 300,000 people worldwide each year, and most patients already...

Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano/Tulane University Over the last decade, many drugs that have been pulled from the market due to toxicity...

Credit: © UNIGE / Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan Things couldn't be simpler at the start: the cells divide into two identical cells...

Credit: Steve Schar COLUMBIA, Mo. - As the summer months approach, most people turn to thoughts of sunshine, outdoor barbecues...