Biology

Credit: Photos courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Salvage logging and re-seeding a forest after a wildfire helps reduce flooding and...

Understanding of Quaternary land connections and knowledge of historic collection gaps were crucial in identifying remote regions likely to harbor...

Credit: Jong-Seong Kug (POSTECH) In November of last year, the wildfire that started in California, U.S.A burned areas that amount...

Analysis of Cdkn1c loss at single cell level reveals novel and unexpected role of gene -- study published in Nature...

Credit: Ann Ross/North Carolina State University GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Christopher Columbus' accounts of the Caribbean include harrowing descriptions of fierce...

Scientists study the dynamic interplay between genome and the environment in Japanese pearl oystersCredit: OIST Since the late 19th century,...

Researchers at EPFL have developed a reactor system and an analysis method that has allowed them to observe the real-time...

Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at riskCredit: Andrew Shantz, Penn State Selective fishing can disrupt...

Credit: Image courtesy of Professor Michael Lappin Increased body temperature is the single-most commonly noted abnormal finding for the medical...

Credit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München Totipotent cells own the highest differentiation potential of all cells. They can only be found shortly...

Astrocytic GABA identified as the novel therapeutic target of motor symptoms in Parkinson's diseaseCredit: IBS As many as seven to...

Landmark GEMS research could help set path to reduce child mortality linked to diarrheal illnessCredit: University of Maryland School of...

African grey parrots spontaneously help conspecifics without obvious benefits to themselvesCredit: Comparative Cognition Group Parrots are considered extraordinarily clever animals....

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - In the first-ever genome-scale analysis of the puberty process in humans, researchers...

Credit: Yongli He Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Projections...

Metal-organic framework-based composites don't need liquid water to workCredit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Northwestern University scientists have successfully...

Osaka University-led research introduces a machine-learning algorithm for predicting genetic mutations of malignant brain tumor types based only on MRI,...

Credit: Taro Okamura Scientists could soon better investigate the feeding behaviors of extinct dolphin and whale species. A third year...

NIH grant helps researchers develop new ways to study eye's repair mechanismsCredit: The University of Texas at Dallas Cells called...

Recent highlights from the journal Molecular Biology and EvolutionCredit: Dagmar Frisch One of the leading threats to lakes since the...