Biology
New insights into the ancestors of all complex life
Credit: Tim Bertelink A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol has provided new insights into the origins...
Darwin was right: Females prefer sex with good listeners
Credit: Peter Marriott Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin first proposed a little-known prediction from his theory of sexual selection,...
Dramatic shift in gut microbes and their metabolites seen after weight loss surgery
Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute Obesity, already a global epidemic, is on the rise. Over one...
Study finds Congo’s miners often resort to hunting wildlife for food
Credit: CREDIT: ©Charlotte Spira/WCS. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) - A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation...
Why communication is vital — even among plants and fungi
Plant scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a plant protein indispensable for communication early in the formation of...
Losing sleep over climate change
Credit: Courtesy N. Obradovich Climate change may keep you awake -- and not just metaphorically. Nights that are warmer than...
Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands
Credit: Leuthardt lab Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their...
Scientists to probe dolphin intelligence using an interactive touchpad
Loading video... Credit: The Marine Mammal Communication and Cognition collaboration (www.m2c2.net) Using optical technology specifically developed for this project, dolphins...
USDA invests $17.7 million in plant health and production workforce
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 25, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. - A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can...
Changing climate could have devastating impact on forest carbon storage
Credit: Fotolia New research from a multi-university team of biologists shows what could be a startling drop in the amount...
Nation’s beekeepers lost 33 percent of bees in 2016-17
Credit: University of Maryland/Bee Informed Partnership Beekeepers across the United States lost 33 percent of their honey bee colonies during...
Modeling invasive activity: Zebra mussels’ infiltration of North American rivers
The invasion of nonnative species has widespread and detrimental effects on both local and global ecosystems. These intruders often spread...
Why this IndyCar driver is outpacing diabetes
Loading video... Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan State University research is the first to help...
In fruit fly and human genetics, timing is everything
Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC - Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time...
Sorting out HIV
Around 1% of patients with HIV - known as elite controllers - are able to survive without antiviral treatment, because...
New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia
Credit: © Andrey Atuchin, 2017 A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the 'age of...
Researchers find crucial clue to manipulating reproduction in plants
Credit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A team of researchers, led by a plant cell biologist at the University of...
New hair growth mechanism discovered
Credit: Rosenblum lab/UCSF In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that regulatory T cells (Tregs; pronounced "tee-regs"),...
Georgia State receives $2.3 million renewal grant to study enzyme in diabetic vascular diseases
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a...