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Credit: Kenneth R. Wood A new tree species, Melicope stonei (Rutaceae or citrus family), endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, is already assessed as...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – A graduate student's surprise observation in fundamental experiments with small binding molecules at work in protein folding has allowed...

Credit: UGA The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually happens depends chiefly on how frequently infection is...

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Credit: UBC Okanagan As Canada's vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly spreading north. New research from...

Credit: McMaster University McMaster University neuroscientists studying sports-related head injuries have found that it takes less than a full concussion to cause memory loss, possibly...

Credit: University of Warwick Ancient peoples began to systematically affect evolution of crops up to 30,000 years ago – ten millennia before experts previously thought,...

Virginia shellfish farmers sold $48.3 million in clams and oysters in 2015, with hard clam sales of $32.3 million once again leading the nation and...

An experimental vaccine against Zika virus developed by Brazilian and US researchers has been tested successfully in trials with mice. The results were published on...

Credit: Brian Matthews, Editor of Protein Science Warmest congratulations to Charlotte Miton1 and Zach Schaefer2 (Figure 1), the recipients of the Protein Society's Year 2016...

Credit: ZHANG Jingxiong Around 1% of flowering plants are parasites. Some of these parasites can survive without host plants while others cannot. The former are...

Credit: Cameron Rutt Overabundant deer can spell trouble for people, including frequent car collisions and the spread of zoonotic diseases. But deer can also disrupt...

The zoologist of Tomsk State UniversityMaria Orlova participates in an international research project dedicated to parasites fauna of bats of Mexico and the Antilles. The...

Credit: Zheng-Xiong Xi and Lauren Brick Rats missing a neuroreceptor that controls the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate are less amenable to the rewarding effects...

Credit: Credit:Milad Khorrami & Mohammad Reza Abidian, University of Houston With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the nervous system, demand is growing...