Biology

The plant disease fire blight, caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora, is dreaded by fruit growers. It affects apple and...

Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones. Researchers from the...

Credit: Ace George Santiago, Cornell University By tagging a cell's proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how...

Credit: Igone Palacios / UPV/EHU Initially, protected areas had a single, major aim which was to protect the biodiversity; today,...

Credit: NASA One of the busiest work stations on the International Space Station got a major upgrade recently, and it...

Credit: Gang Huang A long-standing mystery is that, despite the persistently increased greenhouse gases emissions throughout the twentieth and early...

Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, gangrene and other...

Credit: Richard Young and Dr Clare Weeden. A Melbourne study is set to improve treatment options for patients with the...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2017) -- Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury...

Washington, DC - June 13, 2017 - Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before...

A Dartmouth study finds that "Big Food" companies are striving to make food more sustainable from farm to factory but...

Credit: Courtesy of Blue Brain Project For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world...

Credit: Pablo García-Diaz An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, has provided the first global analysis of...