Biologists establish the origin date of the earliest tetrapods and discover they acquired several of the major new adaptive traits...
Rare fossils preserving the brains of creatures living more than half a billion years ago shed new light on the evolution of...
The absence of a protein that activates the body's antiviral defenses can cause a rare rheumatoid-like autoinflammatory condition...
A new study is highlighting a need for widespread use of better face masks and the importance of good ventilation to mitigate...
Researchers have developed a way to assess soil health by measuring the electric current produced by its tiniest microbes. They...
A research team offers a practical way to make ships CO2 neutral -- or even CO2 negative -- with CO2-capturing solid oxide fuel...
Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable...
Some types of RNA viruses cloak themselves to hide inside a cell and create copies of themselves. But an enzyme that acts as...
The production of the Alzheimer's-associated, toxic protein amyloid beta in the brain is tightly regulated by cholesterol in...
A new study describes a significant step toward improving photosynthesis and increasing yields by putting elements from cyanobacteria...