WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 13, 2017 -- Converting fibrous plant waste, like corn stalks and wood shavings, into fermentable simple sugars for the production of biofuel...
Electronic dance music (EDM) parties have historically been high-risk scenes for use of a variety of psychoactive substances. Studies over the past couple of years...
Credit: © Photo: Raphael Reher/Daniela Wenzel/Uni Bonn The coralberry could offer new hope for asthmatics: researchers at the University of Bonn have extracted a new...
Credit: ECDC According to test results from the annual European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), resistance levels to the main antimicrobials used for treatment of...
Credit: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The latest versions of most smartphones contain at least two and sometimes three built-in cameras....
Credit: Brown University When Dr. Eli Adashi began practicing fertility medicine in 1974, there was nothing so revolutionary as in vitro fertilization, but at least...
Credit: Brian Smithers/UC Davis Bristlecone pine and limber pine trees in the Great Basin region are like two very gnarled, old men in a slow-motion...
From handbags and jackets to car interiors, leather products are almost everywhere. But processing the leather for these luxury items creates a lot of potentially...
Human populations have always been exposed to ionizing radiation, and more so in modern life due to its use in medicine, industry and the armed...
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems...
Credit: John L Lewis Lions belong to the world's most charismatic megafauna. However, lion numbers and range have declined alarmingly over the last two decades....
Credit: Zhou et al./ Nature 2017 An intricate new three-dimensional protein structure is providing a detailed look into how brain cells communicate rapidly. By visualizing...
Credit: Youngjun Cho, University College London WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed new software that makes it possible to use low-cost, thermal cameras attached to mobile...
The cat is the most popular companion animal, and people are increasingly interested in its wellbeing. One of the topics under international debate is the...
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - People with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury may eventually get a chance to suit up, walk out...
