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 Credit: IRB Barcelona     Researchers at IRB Barcelona publish in the journal Nature the mechanism by which dietary palmitic acid (and not oleic or...

A new study in Nature by an international research team featuring Skoltech researchers has looked at the DNA of over 3,000 chickpea plants, cataloguing all possible genetic...

Woods Hole, MA (Nov. 10, 2021) - A grant by the National Science Foundation to researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Syracuse...

Researchers who analyzed data for São Paulo state, Brazil, found the highest rates of newborn mortality from asphyxia in cities in the south, southeast and...

In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out of the more than 7,000...

Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that fast evolution can lead to nowhere.Credit: Dr Tom Stubbs Researchers at the University of Bristol have...

New UBC research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite to wildlife in densely populated...

Bumblebees pollinate many of our favorite foods, but their own diet is being upset by climate change, according to a new UC Riverside study. Credit: Brooke...

Like setting off alarms in a beehive, Asian honeybees use complex signals to alert nest mates about giant hornet attacks, according to a new study...

Robert G. Roeder, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University, received the 2021 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences...

For the first time, the unique sounds honey bees (Apis cerana) use to alert members of their hive when giant “murder” hornets attack have been...

Scientists have carefully studied the intricacies of how individual organisms live and act together in groups known as biological collectives. In “superorganisms” such as bee...

Tiny particles of gold could be the new weapon in the fight against bacterial antibiotic resistance, according to research just published. Credit: University of Leeds Tiny...

Irvine, CA – November 9, 2021 – PIEZO1, an ion channel mechanosensor found within cells, has been revealed to play a key role in regulating...

In a groundbreaking study of people living with HIV, University of Alberta researchers found that elusive white blood cells called neutrophils play a role in...