Credit: ©Science China Press The Late Mesozoic breakup of Gondwana triggered major biotic exchanges between Laurasia and Gondwanan landmasses that continue to influence modern distributions...
Boston, MA -- For years, it's remained an open question: What effects do dietary supplements such as high doses of vitamin D or omega-3 fatty...
(University of Guelph) This is the first known study to connect habitat with varying brain size in a single lake fish population. The finding may...
New research has linked adolescent obesity with up to a four-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer later in life. The study's results also suggest that...
Credit: Profeza In a new partnership between open-access Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) and workflow software development platform Profeza, authors submitting their research to the scholarly...
An experimental drug may be effective against a deadly form of pancreatic cancer when used in combination with other immune-boosting therapies, according to a cover...
Credit: Photo courtesy of George Perry/Penn State African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that...
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and evenly distributed into the newly...
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood cancers in a study that...
The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by a range of both human-induced and natural causes,...
Credit: NIMS NIMS and the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago have jointly developed a Computer-Aided Material Design (CAMaD) system capable of extracting information related to...
Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by disease-causing bacteria that could have...
Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a rough description of newly discovered...
Women are more likely to smoke during pregnancy if they live in areas with lots of shops selling cigarettes, a study shows. Pregnant women living...
Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their research confirms why the body's...
