Biology

When a mother is exposed to intimate partner violence during pregnancy, her children are less likely to suffer depression, and...

EU-funded Horizon 2020 project HOMED supports the development of an early-warning tool for quarantine trees and ornamental plants in EuropeCredit:...

Credit: Carolyn Gibson, University of Guelph PhD student A "sleeping giant" hidden in permafrost soils in Canada and other northern...

New study finds both schedule, activity level changes in normal full-term pregnanciesCredit: Image: Syda Productions, via Shutterstock Add this to...

Credit: Graphic courtesy Yan Li CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Recent flooding in the Midwest has brought attention to the complex agricultural...

Credit: Rolf Peterson/Michigan Tech Fifteen wolves. 2,060 moose. Extensive ice and deep, powdery snow. Michigan Tech researchers have released the...

Growing evidence, including new observations by University of Oregon researchers, find that bonobo females control the meat, sometimes with a...

Scratching sparks a chain reaction that expands and activates intestinal mast cellsCredit: Adapted from Manuel Leyva-Castillo and Raif Geha /...

A first-of-its-kind study using family-based genetic analysis has confirmed a gene involved in male hormone production, DENND1A, plays a major...

Primates adapted to living on the ground, adding new chapter to human evolutionCredit: Thomas Prang, NYU African apes adapted to...

Large DNA virus that helps scientists understand the origins of DNA replication and the evolution of complex lifeCredit: © Tokyo...

A collaborative team led by Prof. BAI Yang and Prof. CHU Chengcai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,...

Small and tunable fluorophores for the imaging of metabolites in living cells Living cells can react to disturbances with a...

Credit: WU Xiujie and Erik Trinkaus A team of scientists led by LIU Wu and WU Xiujie from the Institute...

Credit: Shirley Weiss/Troy Littleton/MIT A new study provides potential new targets for treating epilepsy and new fundamental insights into the...

Array of contaminants in California water could cause 15,000 cases of cancer WASHINGTON - The array of toxic pollutants in...

Federally-sponsored science plays a more significant role in bringing together stakeholders and facilitating environmental governance debates than all other types...

'An intriguing structural finding'Credit: Kevin Walsh A new study finds that veterans and active-duty service members with combat-related PTSD and...

Credit: Li Tian, Penn State Researchers have discovered a gene that drives color differences within a species of bumble bees....

Credit: NIBB Some animals form characteristic infertile spermatozoa called parasperm, which differ in size and shape compared to fertile sperm...