Tag: Biology

A study quantified the size and age of the forests that grow naturally in degraded and abandoned areas, creating 131 ...

Study found no sign of inbreeding or 'extinction vortex' often linked to small populationsCredit: Vaquita CPR The critically endangered vaquita ...

Credit: Dececchi et al. 2020. Research Assistant Professor Dr Michael PITTMAN (Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory, Division of Earth and Planetary Science ...

Serotonin can act as a growth factor for the stem cells in the fetal human brain that determine brain sizeCredit: ...

Superior coating performance achieved compared to existing clinical products while reducing production cost and time' 'artificial bone' synthesis and coating ...

Credit: Illustration by Amy Koehler Poop is full of secrets. For scientists, digging into feces provides insights into animal diets ...

In addition, two new Nathan Shock Centers fundedCredit: AFAR/NSC NEW YORK -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), has ...

The origin of bird flight launched from a more complex evolutionary race than previously thoughtCredit: Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto. Despite ...

Credit: Jeonghwan Youk, Taewoo Kim, and Seon Pyo Hong 'Mini-lungs' grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a ...

Credit: Courtesy Marcin Minor A new discovery about how the body transports dexamethasone, a drug that can increase the survival ...

The shortening of the facial skeleton greatly influences the ratio of certain brain regions, primarily the olfactory bulb and the ...

Credit: Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A multidisciplinary group that studies the physical and chemical properties of ...

Social life as a driving factor of birds' generosityCredit: © Lisa Horn Ravens, crows, magpies and their relatives are known ...

Researchers uncovered that a group of antibiotics confers protection against sepsis, beyond their ability to directly control the infectionCredit: ©Joana ...

Progeny of novel combination is more vigorous and productive than parental plantsCredit: Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Novel grafted ...

Credit: David Nolte/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Scientists estimate that nearly 60% of all cancer patients do not respond ...

The cover for Issue 42 of Oncotarget features Figure 4, "Generation of parametric and texture maps from radiofrequency data," recently ...

Credit: Andres Salcedo, Mary Hausbeck, Stacey Pigg, and Lina M. Quesada-Ocampo Cucurbit downy mildew is a devastating disease affecting economically ...

Added diversity may be useful for breeding beesCredit: Erin Calfee Since the 1950s, "Africanized" honeybees have spread north and south ...

A new study supporting the "mismatch" hypothesis found that obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular illnesses increased among Turkana people whose diet ...