For the first time, a scientific survey provides a global overview of the naturalisation and distribution of plants on continents outside their native ranges.
When normal body cells escape the control from their peers, a tumour can form and eventually lead to cancer. Scientists have been struggling to understand how…
Arylboronates are important base materials for the industrial fabrication of countless products, including pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals for agriculture or…
Scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have deciphered the structure and unusual shape of a bacterial protein that prepares segments of DNA for the insertion…
In two new studies, researchers from across the country spearheaded by Duke University faculty have begun to design the framework on which to build the…
SREL scientists and colleagues from UGA's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the College of Veterinary Medicine published their findings…
Since the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 many hundreds of marine animal and plant species from the Red Sea have invaded the eastern Mediterranean, leading…
One hundred fifty kilometers northeast of Manaus in the middle of the densest Brazilian rain forest stands the Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory, ATTO. After…
For many solid-state physicists, superconductors that are suitable for use at room temperature are still a dream. Up until now, the only materials known to…
Microbes are the oldest and most successful organisms on the planet, and they communicate and interact using chemistry as their language. While research of the…
Results were published online July 30, 2015 in the Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Fish, in contrast to humans, have the fascinating ability to fully regenerate amputated organs. The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a popular ornamental fish. When…
Frolicking, wrestling, climbing, jumping – Playing is a lot of fun and promotes development but is also very strenuous. Behavioral biologists therefore suspect…
Together with the Research Unit Protein Science and the Institute for Environmental Medicine of Technische Universität München as well as the research…
When cells age or suffer damage, they are able to actively bring about their own pre-programmed death – a “suicide” process known as apoptosis. A…
Scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered metabolic rejuvenation factors in eggs. This critical finding furthers our…