Plant guttation, a fluid from xylem and phloem sap secreted at the margins of leaves from many plant species, serves as a reliable and nutrient-rich food...
A team of scientists from the University of Queensland and King’s College London has found that the venom of Australian Dendrocnide trees contains previously...
Neanderthals may have experienced more pain than average modern humans do, according to new research led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for...
A duo of researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine has discovered that a compound commonly found in pickled capers,...
A team of scientists from Brazil and the United States has found the specialized oral glands in the jaws of the ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus),...
Cells hijacked by SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, grow arm-like extensions, or filopodia, which may explain rapid viral...
By drawing inspiration from the structures and functionalities of squid skin cells, a team of researchers designed and engineered human cells that contain...
A large protein called secretogranin-2 is important for the normal functioning of brain cells and other cells that secrete hormones to control body functions...
Cytokines are signaling proteins that stimulate inflammation and other immune responses. ‘Cytokine storm,’ or cytokine release syndrome, plays a critical...
As ‘superbug’ bacteria resistant to commonly prescribed antibiotics have become a global threat to public health in recent years, noble metals, such...
A team of U.S. researchers has discovered a genetic mutation that improves cognitive flexibility in mice.
Hu et al reveal a novel mechanism regulating...
A research team led by Harvard University scientist Julie McGeoch has found a never-before-seen protein inside a meteorite called Acfer 086.
A sample of...
The Brain Atlas explores the protein expression in the mammalian brain by visualization and integration of data from three species of mammals: human, pig...
In the 1980s, paleontologists found a dinosaur nesting ground with dozens of nestlings in northern Montana and identified them as Hypacrosaurus stebingeri,...
Researchers have made a breakthrough toward developing a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, also known as 2019-nCoV, by creating the first 3D atomic...
A thin-film device made from nanometer-scale protein wires harvested from the microbe Geobacter sulfurreducens can generate continuous electric power in...
A research team headed by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has discovered that a combination of two molecules, alpha-KLOTHO (αKLOTHO)...
An international team of researchers has sequenced the genome of the Indian cobra (Naja naja), a highly venomous, medically important snake.
The Indian...
A research team led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine scientists has identified a previously undescribed mechanism of insecticide resistance that...
