Chronic diseases often lead to fibrosis, a condition in which organ tissue suffers from excessive scarring.
Newly discovered editing rule may be exploited to correct genetic defects
Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, all our genes – around 20,000 in total – have been identified.
White-necked jacobin hummingbirds sport a colorful blue-and-white plumage as juveniles.
Record-breaking heat waves have occurred recently from Delhi to the Pacific Northwest, and the number of these deadly events is expected to increase.
Citizen scientists recorded trash on Pacific Northwest beaches, from southern Oregon to Anacortes, Washington, to contribute to the growing study of marine trash.
As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what’s on the horizon to prepare for the future.
The bacteria that reside in the human gut, otherwise known as “the gut microbiome,” are known to play both beneficial and harmful roles in human health.
Proteins have numerous functions in the human body.
Many fear radiation without much understanding of what ionizing radiation is, how it works and what the actual risk is. This lack of knowledge and public perception combine to make people fearful of all things nuclear, which has had serious consequences.
Novel approach for determining timescales might pave way for new insights in neuroscience
Use of ambiguous visual stimuli to disambiguate the neural correlates of consciousness
Mechanisms of transition from male/female sexual system to hermaphroditism in brown algae uncovered
Researchers discover simultaneous evolutionary history of gut microbes with their human hosts over hundreds of thousands of years
What we perceive might sometimes reflect the outcome of a value-based decision-making process, a new analysis of the literature suggests.
Researchers discover a novel mutualism between fungi and insects
Tobacco hornworms neutralize different defense mechanisms of tobacco plants after ingestion
Gene duplication increased the diversity and specificity of enzymes that enable beetle larvae to degrade important wood components.
Researchers from Jena show how the poison nut tree forms strychnine
New method in algae research could lead to future yield increases in crops