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(Estonian Research Council) Eurasian perch (Latin name Perca fluviatilis) genome, which is three times smaller than the human genome, yet contains about a billion nucleotides...

Dirty runoff sweeps urban streets, pollutes groundwater and pressures sewage systems. A University of Copenhagen researcher has invented a treatment method that is now being...

Credit: Video courtesy of Matthew Fuxjager When the male bearded manakin snaps its wings at lightning speed, it's more than part of an elaborate, acrobatic...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 30, 2018-A new study takes a close look at the content and potential implications of...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Each year, at least 3 million people worldwide die of sudden cardiac death. In the U.S., this number reaches up...

Just as a map of the world is more than a list of places and street names, the genome is more than a string of...

Credit: Daniel Lindner, USDA Forest Service MADISON, Wis., (Oct. 30, 2018) - With help from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Bats for the Future...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 30, 2018) Clodagh O'Shea, a professor in Salk's Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty...

University of Adelaide economists have modelled the transition from a world powered by fossil fuels to one in which sustainable sources supply all our energy...

Credit: Masakazu Iwai/Berkeley Lab Moss evolved after algae but before vascular land plants, such as ferns and trees, making them an interesting target for scientists...

Credit: Image courtesy of Claudio Contreras The loss of more than 99 percent of primary, virgin forests in Haiti is triggering an ongoing mass extinction...

Credit: (c) Field Museum, Shuhei Yamamoto In 2016, Shuhei Yamamoto obtained a penny-sized piece of Burmese amber from Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar, near China's...

BINGHAMTON, NY - Blood pressure and heart rate are not fixed, but rather they adapt to meet physical and social demands placed on the body,...

Credit: Raija Törrönen Men who eat plenty of fermented dairy products have a smaller risk of incident coronary heart disease than men who eat less...

Credit: Greg Kerr A spectacular new butterfly species has been discovered on the Pacific Island of Vanua Levu in Fiji. The species, named last week...