Biology

Credit: Photographer is Christian Skov. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers...

Credit: Image courtesy of Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University. After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are...

Credit: © 2016 MBARI MOSS LANDING, Calif. -- Over the last decade, scientists have discovered tiny pieces of plastic in...

(SAN ANTONIO, August 16, 2017) -- Brian Hermann, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio,...

Paris, 16th August: Radioactive 129I has travelled the equivalent of a third of the way round the globe, since being...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Packed with nutrients linked to better health, walnuts are also thought to...

Credit: Courtesy of Snapshot WASHINGTON, DC (August 16, 2017)-- Women of color have higher levels of beauty-product-related chemicals in their...

Credit: Oishi Y. and Hiura T Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban...

Credit: Ajayan Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 16, 2017) - Rice University materials scientists have created a light foam...

Credit: University of Illinois Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering Whether you call it effervescent, fizzy, or sparkling, carbonated water...

Credit: Study authors NEW YORK (August 16, 2017) - It is widely recognized that people respond differently to infections. This...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Battery researchers agree that one of the most promising possibilities for future battery technology is the lithium-air...

PHOENIX, Ariz. Aug. 16, 2017 -- Research led by the head of the Barrow Neurological Institute and published in the...