Credit: David Field Self-fertilization is a problem, as it leads to inbreeding. Recognition systems that prevent self-fertilization have evolved to ensure that a plant mates...
Credit: XU Yuxing Most plants absorb sunlight and CO2 with their leaves, take up water and minerals from the soil through roots, and are fully...
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Improving training in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields is...
In the six years since its inception, CRISPR gene editing has experienced ups and downs, from giddy excitement over the technology's potential to cure genetic...
ITHACA, N.Y. - A tiny fern - with each leaf the size of a gnat - may provide global impact for sinking atmospheric carbon dioxide,...
Credit: Osaka University Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is known as a major cause of diarrhea in travelers and people living in developing countries. According to...
Credit: M. MacPherson Understanding what environmental cues birds use to time their annual migrations and decide where to settle is crucial for predicting how they'll...
Credit: A. Fisher A study published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications presents a case study on how bird surveys can better inform conservation and vegetation...
Credit: Erin Marie Williams-Hatala The strength required to access the high calorie content of bone marrow may have played a key role in the evolution...
Across the boreal zone the altitudinal treeline ecotone shares many plant and animal species. It can be one of the most biologically diverse transition zones...
Dozens of global sustainability experts and stakeholders have called for urgent action to exploit the connections between goals designed to end poverty, hunger and environmental...
Credit: R. Carayol CIRAD and its partners* had to use cunning to establish the first sugarcane reference sequence. The plant's genome is so complex that...
Credit: Tove Smeds Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A study conducted...
Credit: Author: Catrin Youssif, IRB Barcelona. Scientists headed by ICREA researcher Angel R. Nebreda at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) report a...
Credit: University of Warwick Research by a team led by Dr Elizabeth Fullam, has revealed new findings about an enzyme found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)...
