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The evolution of plants has been punctuated by major innovations, none more striking among living plants than the flower. Flowering...

(Boston) -- Although much research has examined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a possible risk factor for later life dementia...

Credit: Luke Parry Amazonians living in remote cities are more vulnerable to flooding and droughts than more accessible centres, researchers...

Credit: Shishir Chundawat/Rutgers University and U.S. Department of Energy. Biofuels like the ethanol in U.S. gasoline could get cheaper thanks...

Credit: Paul Cryan, USGS. Public domain Hot new imagery from temperature-sensing cameras suggests that bats who warm up from hibernation...

Credit: UBC Okanagan As Canada's vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly...

Credit: Ms Anna Persson Just like humans, many fish like to surround themselves with active companions - but frisky friends...

Chemical signatures from gut bacteria which show up in urine can be used to predict how the body will respond...

Credit: Lydia Kisley, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Hydrogels are polymer materials that can absorb a large amount...

Orono, Maine -- Ecologists and conservationists have long recognized that keystone species have major ecological importance disproportionate to their abundance...

Listening to something while looking in a different direction can slow down reaction times while the brain works harder to...

Results of a new study add to the evidence of an association between higher body mass index (BMI) and increased...

TORONTO, ON - Put on a happy face, your success may depend on it, suggests a study by psychology researchers...

Credit: Isabela C. Santos URBANA, Ill. - Tiny Japanese quail eggs are a small niche market in the United States,...

Credit: CRG The research, presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual conference, which ends today...

Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered that the transcriptional regulator CTCF...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, July 5, 2017, Baltimore, Md. -Can big data and financial engineering cure Cancer, Alzheimer's, and other...

ANN ARBOR--Watching television sometimes gets a bad rap--especially where children and screen time are concerned--but not all of it's deserved....

CORVALLIS, Ore. - When exposed to potential predators as an embryo, the invasive American bullfrog becomes harder to kill when...

July 5, 2017 - Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is a common condition that causes pain and physical impairment, most frequently...