Biology

Exposure to health risks due to extreme temperatures have been growing worldwide and a significant number of heat-related deaths are...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 7, 2019--Researchers have shown that targeted silencing of microRNA-132, which...

Technology using a membrane-free, flow battery is showing success in powering golf carts and other applicationsCredit: Lyna Landis, Purdue Research...

Credit: Professor Wörheide Comparative genome content analyses provide insight into the early evolution of animals. A novel method that permits...

Nicotine works inside cells to reinforce addictionCredit: Caltech/Lester laboratory When a person takes a puff on a cigarette, nicotine floods...

An insufficient amount of sleep and qualitatively poor sleep are common among the general population. Prior studies have indicated that...

People taking the protein supplement L-norvaline should be aware of its potential for harm, scientists say People taking the protein...

Credit: SUTD Currently, a wide range of applications has been demonstrated using microfluidic devices made of silicone rubbers (such as...

Research findings point to a possible therapeutic target for this common cancer An international multidisciplinary study initiated by Melbourne scientists...

Decades of research papers show how female scientists' work was overlooked From DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin to the NASA mathematicians...

Cutting-edge molecular methods reveal unusual metabolism of extreme microbesCredit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, courtesy of University of California, Santa Cruz,...

Credit: Sean Murtha New University of Otago research has improved our understanding of when and why penguins evolved, and has...

CABI scientists have helped map the ferocious speed and probable cause of a devastating spread of the invasive alien tree...

Credit: GenesisCare UK, 7 February 2019: Today GenesisCare and the University of Oxford's Department of Oncology announce the launch of...

When researchers say they have sequenced the human genome, there is a caveat to this statement: a lot of the...

Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma team from the Geographical Ecology Group has published a new study in...

Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new...

Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the...

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Amazon rain forest isn't necessarily a place that many would associate with a drought, yet...