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Research mapping the evolution of mosquitos against rising CO2 levels over millions of years, has suggested that more mosquito-related diseases could have consequences for future...

Credit: University of Zurich The ongoing worldwide loss of biological diversity is one of the most pressing challenges humankind currently faces. Biodiversity is vital to...

Credit: Martin Meijer A fungus that does not attack wood, but preserves it. It sounds strange, but it is possible. Elke van Nieuwenhuijzen will be...

The largest ever study of the mosquito evolutionary tree, going back 195 million years, suggests that present-day climate change could result in the spread and...

(Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)) This year's Swiss Aerosol Award goes to Maria Muñoz. The Empa researcher investigated the emission behavior...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that Aspergillus flavus, a fungus that produces carcinogenic aflatoxins that can contaminate seeds...

In collaboration with the Government of Egypt, the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will hold its 14th meeting of the Conference of the...

CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Vomit can create huge health concerns and for the more than 2 million people currently living in long-term care facilities and...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein that determines the identity and invasive properties of breast cancer cells. The finding could lead...

Credit: HUTAN-KOCP Leipzig/Brunei. Orangutan populations are still declining rapidly, despite claims by the Indonesian Government that things are looking better for the red apes. In...

AN 'UNDRUGGABLE' GROUP OF PROTEINS Most FDA-approved small molecule drugs inhibit enzymes - biology's protein machines that catalyze chemical reactions. However, many proteins in biol..

A new gene therapy can turn certain brain glial cells into functioning neurons, which in turn could help repair the brain after a stroke or...

As obesity continues to be the leading cause of deaths world-wide, researchers are working to understand what role genetics play in a person's predisposition for...

StataCorp and Code Ocean announce a partnership enabling researchers to share Stata software code on Code Ocean, a computational reproducibility platform for researchers to share,...

PORTLAND, Ore.--As you walk away from a campfire on a cool autumn night, you quickly feel colder. The same thing happens in outer space. As...