Biology

Geneva, 4 July 2017: Embryo quality has long been considered the main determinant of implantation and pregnancy in IVF. Morphology...

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: Adrian Dyer, RMIT New research into the way that honeybees see colour could pave the way for more accurate...

Credit: Image courtesy of Peng Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University. Most of the frogs alive today owe a big thank you...

Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise A new study has revealed how inspiration from owls'...

Oxford, UK, July 3, 2017 - One of the benefits to cutting fossil fuel consumption is lowering air pollution. A...

Credit: University of Stirling Beech trees should be considered native to Scotland - despite a long-running debate over their national...

Credit: Raquel Carvalho Most plant species, including crops, cannot tolerate the toxic effects of soil pollutants, which dramatically impair their...

Credit: UNIST In-situ assembly of amphiphilic peptides with accompanying cellular functions inside a living cell (i.e., intracellular assembly) and their...

Geneva, 3 July 2017: A higher number of eggs retrieved in an IVF treatment cycle is independently associated with more...