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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Methane gas, a vast natural resource, is often disposed of through burning, but new research by scientists...

The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) has accepted to index three Open Access journals published by Bentham Open. The titles...

Climate change is putting many tropical high altitude beetles at risk of extinction, warn an international team of scientists. Research...

Researchers have shown that genetic diversity plays a key role in enabling drug resistance to evolve. Scientists at the Wellcome...

HIV infection alters brain development in young children, even when they receive antiretroviral treatment early in life, shows a report...

University of Guelph researchers have published what is believed to be the first scientific paper in North America on improving...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Oct. 17, 2017 - In findings that open the door to a...

Credit: Wolf Science Center/Vetmeduni Vienna Following domestication, dogs should be more tolerant and cooperative with conspecifics and humans compared to...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York...

Credit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center JOHNSTON, Iowa, and ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 17, 2017 - DuPont Pioneer and the...

How can a bee fly straight home in the middle of the night after a complicated route through thick vegetation...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Taking advantage of its special expertise in identifying tick-borne, disease-causing pathogens, plus its access...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham biomedical engineers report a significant advance in efforts to repair...

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) has struck formal collaborations with 15 international genomic data initiatives as 2017...

Credit: Jing Yuan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON -- An estimated 5.5 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease,...

The costs of chocolate production around the world Every year, more than five million family farms in countries such as...

Credit: Philippe Ruminy Philadelphia, PA, October 17, 2017 - Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is an aggressive cancer and the...

Two recent studies led by biologists at the University of California San Diego have set the research groundwork for new...

Credit: Graphic: Susan Walter, UFZ In the meantime, minute plastic particles can be found in the water in virtually every...

Credit: Matthew Hurteau With warm, dry summers comes a deadly caveat for the western United States: wildfires. Scientists say the...