Credit: MU Division of Biological Sciences With changing environments, pond-breeding salamanders face increasingly hazardous treks as the space between breeding ponds and their non-breeding habitat..
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have discovered that exposure to environmental levels of triclocarban (TCC), an antibacterial chemical common in personal care products like soaps...
With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems in built areas has never been more important. However, our understanding of urban ecology...
Credit: Anne F. Simon, Western University, Canada Most of us have had the experience of backing away when someone has stepped inside the bounds of...
Credit: Paul Tafforeau / ESRF The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape skull reveals what the common ancestor of all living apes...
Credit: University of Konstanz In the past several years, and in close cooperation with the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in...
During the Industrial Revolution, factories began relying on machines rather than people for mass production. Amidst the societal changes, standardization crept in, from ensuring nuts...
BROOKLYN, New York - Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a range of cancers -- 68...
Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to people and also to genes...
When the Colorado-based oil company Venoco, Inc. -- founded in Carpinteria, California, more than two decades ago -- declared bankruptcy last spring and ceded its...
Credit: Amy Hong Male fruit flies with strong family ties are less likely to become abusive during mating than others, according to new Oxford research....
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the regulation of immune cells that play a pivotal role in allergic diseases...
Credit: J. Adam Fenster and Prof. A. N. Vamivakas, University of Rochester Research underway at RIT advances a new kind of sensing technology that captures...
Credit: UC San Diego Health Microbiome researchers Rob Knight, PhD, University of California San Diego, Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St....
Credit: University of Utah Health Inherited genetic mutations can rob up to 7 percent of the population of their smile. Several genes are important for...
