Biology

Small proteins, called chemokines, that direct immune cells toward sites of infection can also form DNA-bound nanoparticles that can induce...

A new study describes the formation of the body axis in the immortal freshwater polyp Hydra. It is controlled by...

With the westernization of eating habits, the proportion of obese people is increasing all over the world. Obesity is an...

While blood clotting is important to prevent blood loss and for our immunity, coagulation also can cause health issues and...

PITTSBURGH, July 14, 2022 – A new mouse model identified by virologists from the University of Pittsburgh might revolutionize development...

Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ,...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An individualized diet program that empowers users to create their own plan based on targeted levels of...

A groundbreaking study, led by Professors Yossi Buganim at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) Faculty of Medicine’s Institute for...

Scientists had long wondered how woodpeckers can repeatedly pound their beaks against tree trunks without doing damage to their brains....

Climate change poses a number of challenges to plants and animals. For example, as the climate changes, appropriate climatic conditions...

Humans are famously social animals. But they are not alone in their tendency to team up with other individuals of...

Not enough men in Alberta, Canada — especially those in their 40s — are getting tested for diabetes, putting them...

Fish are helping researchers track down the origins of how brains compute maths, reports a review in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy....

A team co-led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) neuroscientist has identified a key mechanism of a biological...

Although treatments for depression exist, sometimes these treatments don’t work for many who use them. Furthermore, women experience higher rates...

HOUSTON – (July 13, 2022) – Vaccines may need to dig a little deeper to stop SARS-CoV-2. Rice University researchers are...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to...

A new analysis of voting data for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World’s Best Male Football Player Award...

CLEVELAND—Prion diseases are incurable, deadly neurological disorders that can affect both humans and animals–including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in people, Bovine...

LAWRENCE — A comprehensive new genetic and statistical study from researchers at the University of Kansas reveals two groups of scrub jays...