Plants are factories that manufacture yield from light and carbon dioxide -- but parts of this complex process, called photosynthesis, are hindered by a lack of...
An international team has decoded the full genome for the black mustard plant -- research that will advance breeding of oilseed mustard crops and provides a...
A simple blood test that does not require overnight fasting has been found to be an accurate screening tool for identifying youth at risk for type...
A new study suggests that future reductions in seasonal snowpack as a result of climate change may negatively influence forest growth in semi-arid climates, but less...
A new study supports predictions that the Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2035.
An analysis of cervical cancers in Ugandan women has uncovered significant genomic differences between tumors caused by different strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), signifying HPV type...
A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had teeth 'the size of bananas', capable to take down...
An international team has made a key discovery related to 'presolar grains' found in some meteorites. This discovery has shed light on stellar explosions and the...
A new theoretical framework shows that many properties of neural connections help biological circuits produce consistent computations.
When nanocellulose is combined with various types of metal nanoparticles, materials are formed with many new and exciting properties. They may be antibacterial, change color under...