Credit: Colleen Gino The recent intense hurricanes in the Atlantic have sharply focused attention on how climate change can exacerbate extreme weather events. Scientific research...
Credit: Turner et al./Cell 2017 Autism has genetic roots, but most cases can't be explained by current genetic tests. Now, patterns found in autistic children's...
Credit: Luke Mahler EAST LANSING, Mich. - While many animals try to avoid sticky situations, lizards evolved to seek them out. Travis Hagey, Michigan State...
Credit: Mike Morse/Northeastern University Fifteen years ago, a class of proteins was discovered, which give humans innate immunity to HIV-1. Unfortunately, HIV-1 is a smart...
(American Geophysical Union) Combination of El Niño and 2016 Ecuador earthquake likely worsened Zika outbreak
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. The illicit wildlife trade is a multi-billion-dollar business that spans the...
Credit: Changxi Yang, Tsinghua University WASHINGTON -- The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a tremendous amount of research and business investment in recent...
A pregnant mother sleeping on her back during late pregnancy may cause problems for the fetus, according to new research published in The Journal of...
The virulence of pathogens is considered an important health care problem due to their resistance against conventional antibiotics. The recent challenge for researchers involves the...
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating an European project called ESTABLISH, which aims to provide a healthier and safer environment thereby improving the...
The National Institutes of Health and 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies Thursday launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT), a five-year public-private research collaborati..
Credit: Junji Hirota Each odor-detecting neuron (referred to as olfactory sensory neuron from here on), chooses a single odorant receptor gene from a fairly large...
Credit: Mark Vermeij Coral reefs harbor an incredible diversity of life, both sea creatures we can see and microbial life that we cannot. These organisms...
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedström. Out with the cigarette pack, put a cigarette in the mouth and light up. That is a well-known action for...
HANOVER, N.H. - Oct. 12, 2017 - Concentration of carbon dioxide during an intense period of global warmth may have been as low as half...
