Biology

A new approach to treating overweight and obesityCredit: M. Jooss /TUM Our fat cells, technically referred to as adipocytes, play...

Recent highlights from the journal Molecular Biology and EvolutionCredit: Nathan Hart, Macquarie University Vision is a crucial sense for most...

Credit: Decai Tuo and Wentao Shen Viruses cause some of the most important plant diseases worldwide with an estimated $60...

Credit: Taiyun Wei and Aiming Wang Viruses subvert or remodel host cells from the inside, relying on the host cellular...

Princeton researchers find that division of labor and political polarization may be driven by the same processes in ant societies.Credit:...

New work indicates how sea anemones control the size of their algal populations that reside within their tissueCredit: Photograph is...

Team from Göttingen, Helsinki and New York gets new insights into the evolution of myxomycetesCredit: Alexander Schmidt, University of Göttingen...

Credit: Ryan Crutchfield/FishMap.org GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Sometimes scientists make mistakes. Case in point is the chanchita, a South American freshwater...

Credit: Photo by Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - A doctor diagnosing a 50-year-old patient based on a blood test...

Credit: Courtesy Jay Kim CORVALLIS, Ore. - Carpal tunnel, stiff shoulders, eye-strain headaches - these are all well-known side effects...

Medical students participate in computer-based simulation that adds digital elements to a live viewCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA...

Mutations in the RIPK1 gene responsible for CRIA syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Over the last 20 years, three families have...

An introductory editorial and an article of a unique publication type are already made available in the next-generation journalCredit: Food...

Marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea are home to more fish species, with the greatest gains found among species...

HHU marine biologists publish article in Scientific ReportsCredit: Lutz Auerswald (left) / Jacqueline Dziergwa (right) While regular fish have flat...

Credit: Artist in residence Erica Tandori, from the Rossjohn laboratory at Monash University Bacterial exposure has been identified as a...

Credit: Olga Walsh People have used the phrase "drone on and on" for a long time. Webster's dictionary defines this...

UMass Amherst biologists led evolutionary detective work on fruit's originsCredit: University of Georgia/Alexis Ramos AMHERST, Mass. - In a new...

Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have...

Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati...