A microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to support research aimed ultimately at developing new, more effective...
A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could replace silicon. Graphene has seemed promising for decades. But...
Mothers in the samples from the UK and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while on a group level the experience and development of...
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For...
Small turtles cannot legally be sold as pets because of the Salmonella infection risk, but half of online sellers fail to provide information about the...
Coverage of climate change in college biology textbooks expanded greatly during the 1990s, but recent changes have been minor and emphasize the impacts of climate...
Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Controlling the rotation...
A new study from researchers at Uppsala University presents novel findings on why human lymph nodes lose their function with age and the consequences for...
Semiconductors are indispensable products in our lives, used in everything from smartphones and computers to vehicles. However, their development increasingly poses a problem: as semiconductors...
A new species of Australian bush tomato described from the Garrarnawun Lookout in Judbarra National Park provides a compelling example of the need to provide...
Microraptor was an opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards â and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was...
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 21, 2022 â When T cells, the immune systemâs chief cancer-killing agents, are working overtime to battle a tumor, they can enter a...
How did the complex organisms on Earth arise? This is one of the big open questions in biology. A collaboration between the working groups of...
Nerve cells need a lot of energy and oxygen. They receive both through the blood. This is why nerve tissue is usually crisscrossed by a...
When it comes to kitchen spills, paper towels and rags do the job. But using a hydrogelâa gelatin-like material in the form of a dry...
