Biology

Credit: Nicole Coufal LA JOLLA--Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain's front lines...

KNOXVILLE--In August 2014, toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie shut down the city of Toledo, Ohio's water supply, leaving...

LSTM has launched a new Transposon Registry which will serve as a repository of information on all bacterial transposons for...

Scientists at the University of York have revealed that the 1976 drought is the worst extreme event to affect butterflies...

Credit: The University of Queensland Microorganisms play a crucial role in forming beachrock, a type of rock that forms on...

Credit: Melody Ko for Tufts University Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes...

Loading video... Credit: The Wyss Institute at Harvard University What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt...

Smart meters and time-of-use electricity pricing have only modestly reduced residential energy demand during the most expensive peak periods, a...

Credit: Craig Hill/University of Washington Puget Sound is one of the best places in the United States to capture energy...

Chemicals found in cigarette smoke have been shown to damage foetal liver cells. Scientists say the potent cocktail of chemicals...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate...

Credit: Christian Gortázar Schmidt Hunting as an outdoor activity is underrated in how it helps nature and society to regulate...

As Earth warms due to human-caused climate change, extreme climatic events like heat waves, droughts, and spikes in ocean temperatures...

In a research article recently published in Frontiers in Chemistry, a team of researchers investigated the effects of fungal infection...