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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...

Most mental health care in America doesn’t happen in psychiatrists’ offices – especially when it comes to children, teens and young adults. Credit: University of Michigan...

The outcome predictive models were developed in part using data from a large multi-center National Institute of Mental Health-funded study and published in the journal Biological Psychiatry. The...

Ithaca, N.Y.—For the first time, researchers have shown that there is a genetic component underlying the amazing spatial memories of Mountain Chickadees. These energetic half-ounce...

 Credit: Smart Protein A major new survey on meat consumption in Europe reports that Europeans have a growing appetite for plant-based foods and that meat...

The "teapot effect" has been threatening spotless white tablecloths for ages: if a liquid is poured out of a teapot too slowly, then the flow...

In our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, carbon capture is mentioned as a possible technology. CO2 can, for example, be captured from large industrial...

Have you ever seen someone you recognized, but couldn’t recall their name or how you knew them?Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech Have you ever seen someone...

For the past five months, the European Commission-funded project ‘European Red List’ of Taxonomists has been reaching out to insect taxonomists to invite them to...

In a study published in Nucleic Acids Research, the team of cancer researcher Francis Rodier, an Université de Montréal professor, shows for the first time...