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Credit: Dr Carlo Cerrano Comprising more than 17,000 islands, the Indonesian archipelago is one of the world's most biodiverse places...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 18, 2017--Researchers used gene transfer to block the expression of...

Credit: Akemi Takade, Kyushu University, Japan Bacteria release membrane-derived vesicles (MVs), which are small particles that can transport virulence factors...

Changing tillage practices can help the environment and reduce costs, according to a study in Montana. Chengci Chen, Montana State,...

One often hears about the multitude of genes we have in common with chimps, birds or other living creatures, but...

Credit: Illustration: Oliver Day, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Animals in the Goldilocks zone -- neither too big, nor...

Credit: Pierre Maechler / UNIGE Diabetes is characterised by a deficiency of insulin. The opposite is the case in congenital...

Credit: Copyright: ICRISAT Plant diversity and adaptation to different climatic conditions -- especially important in the era of global climate...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - People who tend to trust their intuition or to believe that the facts they hear are politically...

Montreal, Sept. 18, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered a way to...

Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife Research DALLAS -- Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have discovered a ribonucleic acid, or RNA, that...

New Haven, Conn. -- Scientists have uncovered two closely related cytokines -- molecules involved in cell communication and movement --...

The critical size for schoolchildren is roughly a diameter of 40 mm, as a hard sugar ball of this size...

Credit: G. A. Miller TORONTO, ON - Though you might not think of ants as formidable bodyguards, some do an...

Credit: The Roslin Institute Fresh insights into the genetic code of sheep could aid breeding programmes to improve their health...

Atrazine, widely used as a weedkiller, is known to have harmful effects on aquatic wildlife and presents a risk to...

Alison Butler has never met Canadian chemist and philanthropist Alfred Bader, but they have something important in common. Harvard-educated Bader...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Solitary weasel-like animals called tayra might look pretty harmless, but some may actually be...

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science To the reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more:...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, Sept. 18, 2017 -- A new study has demonstrated the potential to...