From coastal redwoods and Joshua trees to golden poppies and sagebrush, California is a global botanical hotspot. It’s also a...
Hair follicle infections are often difficult to treat because bacteria settle in the gap between hair and skin, where it...
What puts the electronic pep in peptides? A folded structure, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the...
Scientists have discovered a way to control mutation rates in bacteria, paving the way for new strategies to combat antibiotic...
Scientists analyzed ancient DNA extracted from an 8,000-year-old sheep bone and detected the Brucella melitensis pathogen. Brucellosis affects millions of...
New research has found that 4,642 species of vertebrates are threatened by mineral extraction around the world through mining and...
Why do flies buzz around in circles when the air is still? And why does it matter? In a paper...
AP180 is a protein involved in endocytosis and in signal transmission between nerve cells. This protein, which largely lacks a...
Oregon State University researchers have made the first scientific confirmation in Puget Sound of two distinct shark species, one of...
There’s an experiment going on in conservation in Africa. With biodiversity imperiled, and nations facing financial and political crises, some...
A new study sheds light on the unexplored diversity of galeommatoidean bivalves, a little-known group of marine mollusks, from the...
Senckenberg researcher Dr. Rachel Racicot and her former student Joyce Sanks from Vanderbilt University have examined the inner ear of...
