Scientists have for the first time explained why larger dogs have shorter lifespans than smaller dogs—selective breeding for size has...
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Oklahoma has published a perspective article in the journal Proceedings of...
In a pair of complementary studies, researchers took a close look at Luna moth (Actias luna) tails through the eyes...
A new study’s finding that urban light pollution may disrupt the winter dormancy period for mosquitoes that transmit West Nile...
The story of how ancient wolves came to claim a place near the campfire as humanity’s best friend is a...
Proteins are the key players for virtually all molecular processes within the cell. To fulfill their diverse functions, they have...
By using precision gene engineering techniques, researchers at the Earlham Institute in Norwich have been able to turn tobacco plants...
A toolkit for environmentally friendly and cost-effective coral restoration could accelerate the recovery of degraded reefs along the coast of...
A team led by Masaya Hagiwara of RIKEN national science institute in Japan has developed an ingenious device, using layers...
A bioinformatics boot camp for high schoolers at Skoltech turned into a venue for the latest chapter in the ongoing...
Gene editing is one of the latest breakthroughs in biology. The widely known CRISPR-Cas gene editing system provided prokaryotes (organisms...
A team of researchers compared the genomes of woolly mammoths with modern day elephants to find out what made woolly...
