This innovative work by Graduate Student Ruscena Wiederholt and Associate Professor of Biology Eric Post examined how El Niño warming affected the abundance of…
The new study, to be published Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the open-access journal BMC Biology, sheds light on the factors influencing the social behavior of the…
In the past, restoration of paintings and other old artwork often involved application of acrylic resins to consolidate and protect them. One of the most…
Colitis is a disease in which the inner tissue of the colon, the mucosa, becomes inflamed and damaged and can result in painful sores. Ulcerative colitis and…
It was known that these species, which migrate at night when there are fewer predators and the stars can guide their journey, breed during their stay in…
Despite a 30-year lifespan that gives ample time for cells to grow cancerous, a small rodent species called a naked mole rat has never been found with tumors…
Statins lower cholesterol by blocking certain enzymes involved in our metabolism. However, they have also been shown to affect other important lipids in the…
A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The…
Methane, the primary component of natural gas, is plentiful and is an attractive fuel and raw material for chemicals because it is more efficient than oil,…
As the brain develops, neuronal axons extend outward in search of other neurons, all the while receiving ‘directions’ from the extracellular environment in the…
If the mechanism that plants use to defend themselves can be understood, it will be possible to produce plants that are resistant to disease. The Plant…
In fact, inflammation helps clear the brain of these noxious amyloid plaques early in the disease development, as seen from studies in mice that are…
Scientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough have published a research paper titled “Female's courtship threshold allows intruding males to mate with…
The Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, is a world plague which represents one of the most serious problems for agriculture. However, the control…
Custom built enzyme to replace harsh and hazardous chemicalsPerilous and polluting industrial processes can be made safer with enzymes. But only a short range…
The body hair difference is even more pronounced between the two species than within our own species. Do the same genes cause both types of variation?…
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