A research team led by Prof. Kong Xiangfeng from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Every protein in the body is encased in a water shell that directs protein structure, provides vital stability and steers ...

Parental egg-care in fish traps them in an evolutionary dead-end through the loss of the chorion-hardening system, according ...

A global study has revealed that mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) serves as the most stable long-term reservoir of ...

Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side. Their persistent use can produce "superbugs"—drug-resistant microbes that ...

A new tool called PHOTON, developed by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center, can identify RNA molecules at their native locations within cells—providing valuable clues to where different RNA ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

As humanity ventures deeper into space, one critical question looms large: how do we prevent Earth's microbes from ...

Water is at the heart of agriculture. Every stage of the food-growing process depends on having reliable access to water.

Japan's agriculture minister said Friday the country would oppose any call by the European Union to add eels to an endangered ...

Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered important new clues in the mystery of how an ...