Tag: Biology

Credit: Mark Austin Hanson, EPFL When it comes to the immune system, we usually think about lymphocytes like B and ...

Gardeners commonly use nematodes to naturally get rid of harmful soil-dwelling insects. A new study published today in the journal ...

Every genome is different and scientists are beginning to understand what this means for life of an organismCredit: Mike Weber ...

Credit: Adam Rork / Penn State Carabid beetles produce caustic chemicals they spray to defend themselves against predators, and the ...

Lake systems existing in regions over 10 million years ago survived the Amazon River reversal due to Andean uplift A ...

One of the commonest causes of congenital disability, the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV), is less prone to mutation than previously thought, ...

Credit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography Jacob Job spends a lot of time each year in the great outdoors, recording the ...

Scientists uncover genetic roadmap of cultivated strawberryCredit: UC Davis Consumers want strawberries to be red, sweet, ripe and juicy, like ...

On the mountain slopes of the western United States, climate can play a major role in determining which tree communities ...

A new baby is often welcomed with speculation about whether they got their eyes and nose from mom or dad, ...

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research FEBRUARY 25, 2019, NEW YORK - Ludwig Cancer Research scientists report in the current issue of ...

Credit: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Enzymes have clearly defined active sites to allow the substrate molecule to ...

Credit: Aleksi Lehikoinen The greatest advances were found among short-distance migrants that winter in Europe or North America: about 1.5-2 ...

The benefits of the 'silver spoon effect' in mongoose pups extend across their lifetime, a new study has shown. Banded ...

Hopes for developing a new method to control the parasitic Striga weedCredit: Kobe University Commonly known as "witchweed", the parasitic ...

Credit: George Sandler TORONTO, ON (Canada) - University of Toronto student George Sandler was shocked to see the rainforest floor ...

DNA In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified one of the main mechanisms behind the ...

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Until now, little has been known about the evolutionary origins of the ...

MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplastsCredit: The researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have developed a ...

New program widens NFCR's translational research scope, honors family's contributions ROCKVILLE, MD - The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) ...