Biology

Credit: UVA A new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and other institutions has discovered a type of...

Canadian researchers have discovered a molecular indicator of a mechanism that drives cancer progression, giving doctors the possibility of using...

Credit: Michal Grabowski, University of Lodz The fear of invasive 'killer shrimps' can intimidate native organisms to such a degree...

Credit: Rebecca Stubbs/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- An ancient, cosmopolitan lineage of plants is shaking up scientists' understanding of how...

This phenomenon affects cloud production and rainfall, with consequences for the local and global climate, which researchers have warned about...

But it might alter moms' attitudes to longer-term feeding, UCSF-led study shows A study has lodged a new kink in...

New EASAC report 'The imperative of climate action to protect human health in Europe' highlights an alarming range of health...

Researchers use ultrasound to streamline measurement of movementCredit: Meacham Lab Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have been studying...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Every beachgoer can spot seaweed in the ocean or piling up on the beach, but Florida State...

OHSU's Shoukhrat Mitalipov, son publish perspective in Nature MedicineCredit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff An internationally known embryologist and his son make the...

EU Horizon 2020 project ESMERALDA shares methods, data, applications and research insights in a comprehensive open science special issueCredit: ESMERALDA...

When farmland is converted from grain production to grasslands, the greatest environmental benefits are obtained by choosing land that is...

Credit: Virginia Tech The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that David Schmale,...

Efforts to improve water quality of rivers could off-set the impact of climate change on river invertebrates Improvements in water...

As international exotic pet trade grows, a better understanding of forces driving the trade is needed to reduce the threat...

Plants can be night owls, too (and get old!)Credit: Earlham Institute It's widely understood that humans have a circadian clock....

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed new techniques for labeling and retrieving data files in DNA-based information storage...

Credit: Virginia Tech Battery researchers at Virginia Tech co-led an international study that detailed the broadest understanding of what happens...

Credit: Reconstruction by Yuan Zhang. New research, led by the University of Bristol, suggests that feathers arose 100 million years...

Small greenspaces provide city dwellers opportunities to connect with nature and can serve as habitat refuges that help protect urban...