An international consortium of scientists has launched a new effort to create a reference genome that captures the genetic diversity...
Over half of the world’s population now lives in an urban area, according to a recent report by the United Nations. And...
The University of Konstanz team led by biologist Christof Hauck has discovered a novel inhibitor that locks tumor cells in...
Predators may keep prey populations healthy by acting as a selective force against genetic diseases. A new study found that...
New research led by Western Sydney University has found that male lyrebirds ‘compose’ long complex songs created out of mimicked...
The deep-sea crown jelly Atolla is one of the most common residents of the ocean’s midnight zone. Its bell has...
European forests are in trouble. “Not because they’re being lost,” says University of Vermont scientist William Keeton. “Europe, actually, is...
Scientists at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have recorded the first North American case...
An analysis of more than 70,000 fossils indicates that mollusk communities were incredibly resilient to major climatic shifts during the...
Before being accidentally introduced to the New World by the 16th century slave trade, the yellow fever mosquito was a...
DNA methylation is a major epigenetic modification that is crucial for mammalian development. For instance, DNA methylation is central to...
Breathing, seeing, hearing—the family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) is involved in a variety of physiological processes and is also...
