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Online media use such as social networking and gaming could be strongly influenced by our genes, according to a new study by researchers from King's...

There are about 400,000 species of plants in the world. Humans use approximately 10-15% of them to cover our basic needs, such as food, medicine...

Credit: Don Hamerman/Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Scientists assumed leaves at the top of a plant would be the best at turning higher...

Credit: Daniel Miller URBANA, Ill. - Trees may be easy to spot on the plains of Africa but they are often overlooked as a source...

Credit: Z. Fayer. Non-indigenous species (NIS) are harming indigenous species and habitats in the Mediterranean Sea, impairing potentially exploitable marine resources and raising concern about...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Insects, like mammals including humans, sort chemicals by taste into a few categories and use this information to...

Credit: Lancaster University The popular Pattern Lock system used to secure millions of Android phones can be cracked within just five attempts - and more...

Credit: Photo courtesy of UNC-NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. After surgery to remove a cancerous tumor -- even if the surgery is considered "successful"...

Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan.23, 2017 -- Simulation is a valuable tool to improve the energy efficiency of machines and...

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Chemists at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that synthetic nanoparticles can achieve the same level of structural complexity, hierarchy and accuracy...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Jan. 23, 2017 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has received a $175,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation to study how...

Tiny "submarines" that speed independently through the stomach, use gastric acid for fuel (while rapidly neutralizing it), and release their cargo precisely at the desired...

Several studies have indicated that schizophrenic patients are likely to show a high level of nicotine dependence. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm...

EMBO Programme Manager, Gerlind Wallon, explained, "EMBO Installation Grants encourage talented young group leaders to establish laboratories in countries which might otherwise lose their top...

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics/The Rockefeller University Using a state-of-the-art imaging technology in which molecules are deep frozen, scientists in Roderick MacKinno..