Biology

Field-grown cassava plants overexpressing a combination of plant genes can accumulate significantly higher concentrations of iron and zinc ST. LOUIS,...

Lobachevsky University researchers have opened up new prospects for creating a fundamental platform for developing an effective way to correct...

The genome sizes of viruses are usually relatively small. To increase information content of the genome, many viruses employ a...

The enzyme that 'loads up' fat-carrying particles in the liver before they are transported around the body has been identified...

Within the European Research Project E-MAGIC, KIT and Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) Develop a Magnesium-based Energy Storage Technology together with...

A new study presents new models describing how the adsorption of calcium, barium and strontium ions onto biological membranes may...

Credit: SUTD/NTU Catalysis is common in many industries such as pharmaceutical, specialty chemicals, agriculture, polymer and over 90% of chemicals...

(San Antonio, Jan 28, 2019) - Doctors regularly perform stem cell transplants, also known as bone marrow transplants, to replace...

Credit: Kobe University A new optical microscope system called SIFOM (Stimulation and Imaging-based Functional Optical Microscopy) can stimulate multiple cells...

New genomic data from 5 birds-of-paradise reveal genes that are shaped by selection and help explain the origin of their...

JNCASR and inStem research teams imparted 'lifelike' nature into the chemical amphiphiles to achieve living supramolecular self-assemblyCredit: Subi George ([email protected])...

To address the root causes of poor diets, improve nutrition and reduce dietary inequities in Canada requires a broad approach,...

Technology would help clinicians tailor therapies depending on progression of diseaseCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (January 28, 2019) -...

Also leave behind toxic residueCredit: Photo courtesy of Matt Bertone. Total release foggers, commonly known as "bug bombs," are ineffective...

Biochemists illuminate a key survival mechanism in cellsCredit: Stasevich Lab/Colorado State University Much like our fight-or-flight response, our cells also...

Credit: SFU A species of frog endemic to the Pacific Northwest faces a 50 per cent increase in the probability...

Credit: Nicholas Gladstone/University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Researchers at UT have discovered the largest individual of any cave salamander in North...

Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they...

Reducing abnormal protein accumulation linked to disease may lie in improving regulation of critical cholesterol in neuronsCredit: Thomas Deerinck of...

Worth more than a few happy barks and meows, Morris Animal Foundation announced it awarded nearly $1 million in grants...