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Nearly one quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a...

A new analysis spanning more than 86,000 plant species from John Kress, botany curator emeritus at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of...

Scientists have developed a model that predicts six tropical fish species will expand into northern parts of Japan as sea...

Professor Zhu Tong’s team from the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, reveals how short-term exposure to ultrafine...

One of the fundamental questions in biology, and a centuries-old academic debate, is: How do new species form? And, how...

Endangered mountain gorillas increase the frequency they drink water as the temperature increases, suggesting a likely impact of climate change...

Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a major boost on World Kidney Day...

Activity monitoring reveals natural behaviors of free-ranging dairy cows and finds penned cattle take half as many daily steps Credit:...

Just 10 minutes with a therapy dog can significantly reduce pain, anxiety and depression in Emergency Department patientsCredit: Jane Smith,...

A new, 10-country analysis identifies between-nation differences in the amount of time men and women spend on various daily activities...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study of brain development in mice shortly after birth may provide insights into how early...

High levels of anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) have traditionally been thought of as merely a passive byproduct of polycystic ovary syndrome...

LA JOLLA—(March 09, 2022) Salk Institute researchers have developed a new genomic technology to simultaneously analyze the DNA, RNA and...

The transition of human societies from hunter-gatherers to farmers and pastoralists is a more nuanced process than generally thought, according...

Despite the sheer number of genes that each human cell contains, these so-called “coding” DNA sequences comprise just 1% of...

In a first for X-ray imaging, researchers in Sweden generated high resolution, three-dimensional images of the lungs of free-breathing mice,...

Working out has a science of its own. Scientists categorize different workout activities based on how the muscles are used...

Each of our cells contains about 40 million proteins that together perform all the tasks the cell needs to survive....

WASHINGTON (March 9, 2022) — Hair is an important feature of primate — including human — diversity and evolution, serving...

Many breast cancer patients develop resistance to standard drug treatments aimed at preventing the growth of cancer cells. A team...