Biology

Injured axons instruct Schwann cells to build specialized actin spheres to break down and remove axon fragments, thereby starting the...

Credit: Martin Husemann Citrus fruits, coffee and avocados: The food on our tables has become more diverse in recent decades....

New research suggests that global trends in farming practices are undermining the pollinators crops depend on and putting agricultural productivity...

Once you have developed horticultural expertise, the world calls, presenting you with opportunities to travel, learn, develop research ideas and...

Research is supported by a five-year grant to UC Riverside from the National Institutes of HealthCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside....

Access to the largest and most technologically advanced Indoor Vertical Farming facility ever designed and implemented in this country The...

Clemson University scientists announce genetic breakthrough in cereal cropsCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A...

BOSTON - A new study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators released today in JAMA Network Open, a publication of...

App now in development will put information in the hands of ship crews and managersCredit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Research Collective A...

Credit: Daumke Lab, MDC A German-Swiss team around Professor Oliver Daumke from the MDC has investigated how a protein of...

Marine scientists discover an important, overlooked role sea urchins play in the kelp forest ecosystem Sea urchins have gotten a...

Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service Crouching in the boot-sucking mud of the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, Manu Prakash,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. July 10 -- Three USDA scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have been named recipients of the...

A wild group of endangered Barbary macaques have been observed, for the first time, "consoling" and adopting an injured juvenile...

Credit: MLU / Nadja Sonntag Research for the benefit of food security: A new line of barley achieves good crop...

Cryptosporidiosis outbreaks are on the rise, and children are likely to be the ones dispersing the illness; two University of...

Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution President Xi Jinping staked out China's role as a committed player to tackle the...

Study outlines advantages of solar on rooftops, other developed areas A study released today provides the most complete list yet...

DNA-binding protein inhibitor ID1 helps maintain cancer stem cells in brain, breast and skin cancer, making tumours resistant to chemotherapy,...

Hundreds of household items, including furniture, paint and electronics, emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which at high levels can pose...