Biology

Key Takeaway: In 2008 New York City introduced a rule mandating calorie postings for chain restaurants that was intended to...

A neuroimaging study of two monkeys published in JNeurosci identifies a brain network that tracks the location of an object...

Credit: Copyright D. Johnson/VIMS. Just in time for Halloween, a new study reveals that pumpkin-colored zombies may be running rampant...

Credit: Courtesy of Ai et al. Neurons that enable honeybees to sense the waggle dance -- a form of symbolic...

"How many different cell types are there in a human body? And how do these differences develop? Nobody really knows,"...

Credit: Ning Qian/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have contributed to solving a paradox of...

Credit: NIAID, Flickr, CC BY Researchers successfully built a gene drive to reduce female fertility in the mosquito that spreads...

Credit: Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Removal of a regulatory gene called LSD1 in adult mice induces changes in gene...

Credit: NASA Rutgers scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn - the world's largest...

New research identifies four factors that help women ex-convicts avoid committing crimes, offering insights that can be used to help...

Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) A Brazilian study, published in Scientific Reports on October 09, 2017, has...

Credit: (c) Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay, The University of Chicago and The Field Museum Horned Larks are cute little...

October 2017. Learning and memory are two important functions of the brain that are based on the brain's plasticity. Scientists...

Pursuing sustainable irrigation without significant irrigation efficiency gains could negatively impact environmental and development goals in many areas of the...