A new study published September 8 in Science finds that between 90 and 99% of all deforestation in the tropics...
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) have conducted the most comprehensive...
A new international study led by Western Sydney University researchers has quantified phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in tropical forests, highlighting...
Researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center of the University of Würzburg have unveiled the crystal structures of UBA6 in complex...
Scientists have known that sex-determination in vertebrates happens in the germ cells, a body’s reproductive cells, and the somatic cells,...
Scientists have solved the century-old mystery of a supergene that causes efficient cross-pollination in flowers. The results show that sequence...
Wildfires are an increasing threat to people’s lives, property and livelihoods, especially in rural California communities. Cannabis, one of California’s...
Certain drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients—including remdesivir, dexamethasone and antibiotics for associated bacterial infections—persist through wastewater treatment and may...
The skulls of tetrapods had fewer bones than extinct and living fish, limiting their evolution for millions of years, according...
To better understand what drives biological diversity on Earth, scientists have historically looked at genetic differences between species. But this...
Why do some plants grow into large woody shrubs or colossal trees, while others remain small and never produce wood...
Just two weeks after announcing the development of a mouse embryo model, complete with beating hearts and the foundations for...
