Biology

Mechanism found in Chinese herb helps to create lab-grown enzymes that may speed up drug developmentCredit: NTU Singapore Scientists from...

Molecular mechanism of the interplay of clock proteins for generating a circadian oscillationCredit: Koichi Kato Organisms on this planet, including...

Special issue of Applications in Plant Sciences presents innovative methods to understand how ecosystems react to climate changeCredit: Image credit...

Elusive rodents finally found when scientists switched out peanut butter bait for earthwormsCredit: Original by Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum Just...

Mystery of shrinking population may be linked to eels devouring their own skeletonsCredit: Marko Freese. Thünen Institute for Fisheries Ecology...

Credit: Private The levels of stress in dogs and their owners follow each other, according to a new study from...

An in-home weight management program improved the health of not only the child, but also the child's parents, according to...

Findings could represent new drug targets for human pathogens A new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...

Rice University bioengineers mix injectable scaffolds at room temperature to grow new tissueCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Like fishermen, Rice University...

Adequately resourced protected areas currently safeguard just 4-9% of terrestrial amphibians, birds, and mammalsCredit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (June...

The largest genome wide association study (GWAS) to date on suicide attempt reveals that genetic liability to depression increases an...

Organisms can grow on microplastics in freshwater ecosystems. The findings of a recent study undertaken by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute...

Exposure to influential bacteria begins before we are born, new evidence confirms Australian researchers have laid to rest a longstanding...

Scientists have revealed the torrid, adulterous love lives of the mouth-brooding cardinalfish, with cuckoldry going hand-in-hand with cannibalism of the...

A research team from the universities of Trento and Utrecht found that the rotation of the Earth influences the mixing...

A new phase of the IGNITE Network will conduct clinical trials of genomic medicine interventionsCredit: Ernesto Del Aguila III, NHGRI...

Huge spider glue genes proved exceptionally challenging to sequence, could lead to organic pest control and moreCredit: Marlayna Demond for...

Credit: Janaína P. Back To better understand how primates modify their behaviour to adapt to the increasing presence of humans,...

The problem of cleaning up toxic polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) pollution has been solved by a new low-cost, safe and...

A research team led by Osaka University develops a novel gene therapy approach that blocks the accumulation of α-synuclein in...