Credit: Simona Radutoiu Legumes are able to grow in nitrogen-poor soils due to their ability to engage in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. There is a...
The innate immune system is the first line of defense, with cells that quickly identify "foreign" motifs from viruses and bacteria and mount up a...
Credit: Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology How did life begin on this planet? The ability to replicate or...
Credit: Lucia Coronel, Antonio Suma, Cristian Micheletti Even living cells have their own tangled problems to solve. They involve knots that arise accidentally in DNA...
Credit: University of Warwick Scientists develop tagging device using Ferritin Proteins can be viewed on the nanoscale Scientists at the University of Warwick have created...
Credit: Theresa Schredelseker When zebrafish lack a specific protein, the two hemispheres of the brain develop symmetrically, and the sleep hormone melatonin is not produced....
Credit: Massimiliano Drago, UB-IRBio Preserving a 300,000 square km area in Patagonian waters could improve the conservation of 20 % of the population of sea...
Credit: University of Huddersfield IT is estimated that annually the NHS treats over two million wounds at a cost of £5.3 billion and with tougher...
Credit: © S. Rakotonarivo Tropical forests are important to all of us on the planet. As well as being home for rare and fascinating biodiversity...
Credit: European Geosciences Union The Baltic Sea is home to some of the world's largest dead zones, areas of oxygen-starved waters where most marine animals...
One in three pregnant women in Norway has a vitamin D deficiency at the end of her pregnancy, a major study published earlier this year...
University of British Columbia researchers have found a cheap, sustainable way to build a solar cell using bacteria that convert light to energy. Their cell...
Rockville, Md. (July 5, 2018)--A drug used in stem cell therapy to treat certain cancers may also protect against cigarette smoke-induced lung injury. The study,...
Boston, MA - Children and adolescents whose mothers follow five healthy habits--eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, keeping a healthy body weight, drinking alcohol in...
A mother's diet during pregnancy may have an effect on the composition of her baby's gut microbiome - the community of bacteria living in the...
