Understanding Antibiotics and Their Role in Killing Bacteria
Over the years antibiotics have saved many lives, but scientists never fully understood the process of how bacteria were killed, until now. A new study…
Over the years antibiotics have saved many lives, but scientists never fully understood the process of how bacteria were killed, until now. A new study…
A study set to be published in June explains a reason for the worldwide declines in honeybee colonies and the drastic effects these changes could…
As population grows and consumption increases, so does waste and pollution. Scientists have been working on a way to better track and understand how pollution…
New findings are set to challenge the understanding of immune defense. In a recently published journal, researchers studied the response of mice to neurotropic vesicular…
RNA cataloging may take a big leap forward. A new study from the University of North Carolina describes a cost-effective technique that will help scientists…
Based on a genetic analysis of more than 9,000 people, a new study shows that four genes may speed shrinkage of the hippocampus in the…
Tardigrades are microscopic animals, which are among the few lifeforms on Earth capable of surviving the intense radiation, temperature extremes, and complete vacuum of outer…
By subjecting cells to high selection pressure in a laboratory setting, researchers at Max Planck Institute were able to fast-forward gene transfer from the chloroplasts…
Haemaphysalis flava, a kind of tick, was observed under the intense rays of an electron scanning microscope and survived the experience. They may have just…
In Shark Bay, Australia, the male dolphins are well known to marine biologists for their messy social entanglements. These relationships are so unique, that they’re…
Findings suggest that our own immune system may be working against us when it comes to protection from skin cancer. The scientists found that in…
Bacteria are everywhere and in much larger amounts than you may realize. A new study looks at how much a lone human presence affects the…
In China, during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine, the male-to-female birth ratios fell significantly. This implies that whenever food is in short supply, women…
It seems that allergic diseases have reached an almost pandemic level. That’s what a new study states in the journal Nature Medicine. Allergies are caused…
It turns out that infants might not be using rational thinking as a reason for selective imitation. A new study suggests that observed differences in…
The Great Barrier Reef is under attack by a disease and new data shows that the Black Band Disease can migrate at a rate fast…
Researchers now have a better understanding of how dendritic cells address specific types of infections. By using a protein called NOD2, the scientists were able…
A newly published report documents the first full 3-D images of B12 interacting with other molecules during the reaction known as methyltransfer. This reaction is…