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Asexual reproduction is common for animals like starfish, deep-sea worms, and stick insects, but among vertebrates, it’s a rarity. A...

Benzazepines can be found in a wide variety of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Many of these compounds are chiral, being...

Drug overdoses in the United States have risen sharply in the last two decades. Nearly 92,000 people died from overdoses of illegal...

Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental abnormalities, new research shows.Credit: Dr Eva...

The cell protein retinoid X receptor (RXR) is a key factor in the maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells, the immature...

Nature-based solutions to fight climate change take a holistic approach that promotes biodiversity and ecosystem preservation. While many efforts have...

To alleviate hunger and food insecurity, it’s not just the size of the fish catch – it’s about who ultimately...

Credit: Digital Science / Nature Index Japan’s government has drawn criticism from some of the nation’s researchers following a new...

Wheat – the most widely cultivated crop in the world – is under growing attack from harmful toxins. Across Europe,...

A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are “water worlds,”...

Advances in gene editing technologies are allowing for the development of potential new strategies for vector-borne disease control, pest management...

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) uncover an important relationship between two genes critical to pancreatic cancer patient...

In February 2021, the state of Texas was hit by wave of cold weather lasting two weeks. The event was...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15, 2022—A sweeping national survey of doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers reveals that nearly 60 percent believe...

When a material with magnetic properties, constructed from appropriately selected layers, is illuminated by a pulse from an X-ray laser,...

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude...

Ultra-high intensity, ultrafast femtosecond lasers, with peak powers at a level of 10 petawatt (PW) or even higher, have led...

How fast do electrons inside a molecule move? Well, it is so fast that it takes them just few attoseconds...

Cell division, i.e., the process through which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells, is fundamental to the growth,...

Cultured meat (also known as cell-based or lab-grown meat) is a promising, more environmentally friendly alternative to meat produced from...