Biology

Credit: © Photo Museum Ulm Ancient mitochondrial DNA from the femur of an archaic European hominin is helping to resolve...

Vasoconstriction must be balanced with vasodilation, particularly in the arterioles that supply tissues with blood. Endothelial cells protrude through holes...

Credit: Muller et al., Malaria Journal, 2017' Removing the flowers of an invasive shrub from mosquito-prone areas might be a...

Credit: Dr Nick Pullen You might think that plants grow according to how much nutrition, water and sunlight they are...

Credit: Goldbogen Lab, Hopkins Marine Station Humpback whales feed from a range of species that have adapted to escape their...

Credit: Ms Pernille V Troelsen When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the oceans. Famous for their incredibly long necks...

Credit: Dr Per Hedenström Bats catch food 'on the wing' without touching the ground, but how do they do it?...

Credit: Mr Itaru Takaku. Ribbon halfbeak are a species of fish with the ability to fly above the sea surface...

Credit: Dr James Morris Over 7 million tonnes of mollusc shells are discarded by the seafood industry each year as...

A new book by leading sleep scientists debunks 40 popular and persistent myths on how to get a good night's...

Credit: IDIBELL A translational, multicenter study carried out by research groups of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), San Juan...

Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Global warming has been one of the biggest issues the whole world has been facing...

Ensuring that would-be carpoolers are riding with people they actually like could potentially decrease car use by nearly 60 per...

Credit: Courtesy Dr. Vera Weisbecker A new study involving The University of Queensland, which might be useful for biomedical research,...