An international group of clinicians and scientists from MIT and Lund University, among others, have analysed how individual genetic changes affect the heart muscle
Researchers in Lund, Copenhagen and Norwich have shown that harmful mutations present in the DNA play an important – yet neglected – role in the conservation and translocation programs of threatened species.
For the first time, a unique study conducted at Lund University in Sweden has tracked the meteorite flux to Earth over the past 500 million years
UCLA-led study assesses complex effects of environmental stressors
Behavioral flexibility, the ability to change behavior when circumstances change based on learning from previous experience, is thought to play an important role in a species ability to successfully adapt to new environments and expand its geographic range.
Study in mice shows scarring of collagen ‘highway’ prevents stem cells from healing damaged tissue in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
The origins of human speech are obscure; it is still unclear what aspects are unique to our species or shared with our evolutionary cousins, in part due to a lack of a common framework for comparison.
In large, complex societies, assorting with others with similar social norms or behaviors can facilitate successful coordination and cooperation.
Reproducibility is integral to science, but difficult to achieve. Previous research has quantified low rates of data availability and results reproducibility across the biological and behavioural sciences.
Most cells evolve slowly, accumulating incremental changes that better suit their environments.
Birds’ nests represent a rich behavioural ‘fingerprint’, comprising several important decisions—not the least of which is the selection of appropriate material.
In post-industrial settings, apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) is associated with increased cardiovascular and neurological disease risk.
For most of our species’ history, humans have lived in relatively small subsistence communities, often called small-scale societies.
Researchers studying social networks and inter-personal sentiments in bounded or small-scale communities face a trade-off between the use of roster-based and free-recall/name-generator-based survey tools.
Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.
Material culture—that is, group-shared and socially learned object-related behaviour(s)—is a widespread and diverse phenomenon in humans.
UCLA-developed technology could provide platform to fight other allergies, autoimmune disorders
Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness.
With just 50 lines of code, the program spots and fixes likely errors.
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.