Biology

At its summer session during the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Halle (Saale), the...

Credit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July 12, 2017) - Rice University engineers are building a flat microscope, called FlatScope TM,...

Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are...

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, especially among a type of bacteria that are classified as "Gram-negative."...

New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 - Populations of endangered species reach a critical point in their life where...

FRANKFURT. In evolution, a high sex drive does not always pay off. Female mosquitofish swim away from over-impetuous lovers because...

New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 Sunburn in living organisms is caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun...

LOWELL, Mass. - Vast amounts of toxic mercury are accumulating in the Arctic tundra, threatening the health and well-being of...

Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered that a process that protects the body from autoimmune...

Irvine, Calif., July 11, 2017 -- To paraphrase the classic poem, no hair is an island entire of itself. Instead,...

URBANA, Ill. - As the Missouri River flows across the Great Plains to where it meets the Mississippi River at...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine BETHESDA, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Arthur L. Beaudet,...

Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - There are at least 250,000 species of flowering plants on earth and though their...