The amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century, predict researchers at the University of Bristol and the National Oceanography...
In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or “spaghettified,” after approaching too close to a massive black...
If you are moaning once again about your suitcase being far too small as your vacation approaches, you should take human sperm cells as an...
A unique Mount Sinai study focused on a multi-ethnic, underserved community in New York City shows that young Black adults are twice as likely to...
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched an early-stage clinical trial evaluating an investigational...
As their brain regions linked to self-control mature, preschoolers improve in their ability to stop themselves from doing something, according to new research published in...
Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk, was indeed “decades ahead of his time and truly deserves the title of ‘founder of genetics.’” So concludes an international team...
Like corn kernels popping in a frying pan, tiny grains of dust may hop around on the surface of asteroids, according to a new study...
East Hanover, NJ – July 11, 2022 – Silvana Costa, PhD, of Kessler Foundation received a two-year $199,800 grant from the New Jersey Commission on...
It’s important to be well organized. And this is especially true for the genome – the entirety of an organism’s genetic information, also known as...
Pregnant women who were exposed to multiple phthalates during pregnancy had an increased risk of preterm birth, according to new research by the National Institutes...
Unisexual reproduction lacks meiotic recombination, resulting in the accumulation of deleterious mutations and hindering the creation of genetic diversity. Thus, unisexual taxa are commonly considered...
A multi-country outbreak of monkeypox outside endemic areas has been ongoing worldwide since the beginning of May with Europe as the main affected area.Credit: Possible...
Located between Australia and New Zealand, the Tasman Sea is an important but so far neglected component of the global ocean conveyor belt. Now a...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease that affects all the organ systems of the body. This chronic disease includes periods of illness, called...
