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Credit: Chris Barncard / UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum shows that temperatures of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit kill the cocoons of invasive jumping worms. That's good…

American Association of Anatomists names morphological sciences award in honor of pioneering scientist The Board of Directors of the American Association of Anatomists (AAA) honors Dr. William Montague Cobb, naming an early-career…

Credit: Weinstein et al / Cell Researchers have come up with a new way to image cell populations and their genetic contents. Their study, appearing June 20 in the journal Cell, describes how a technique called DNA microscopy helps…

CRC 1182 research team proposes stochastic model to explain microbiome compositionCredit: CRC 1182 All living things - from the simplest animal and plant organisms to the human body - live closely together with an enormous abundance of…

Credit: FSU Photography Services A pioneering new study led by Florida State University biologists could fundamentally change our understanding of how embryonic stem cells differentiate into specific cell types. The research, published…

A once understudied topic now shows a clear link between cannabis use and brain alterations, whereby chronic use may lead to poor conflict resolution skillsCredit: Elsevier Washington, DC, June 20, 2019- The development of neural…

Special Focus Issue of Personalized Medicine highlights the importance and latest strategies of genetic and genomic education The Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Personalized Medicine, has announced the release of a Special…

Extravagant courtship displays make wolf spiders an easy target for birdsCredit: UC University of Cincinnati biologist George Uetz long suspected the extravagant courtship dance of wolf spiders made them an easy mark for birds and other…

A new wearable technology made from stretchy, lightweight material could make heart health monitoring easier and more accurate than existing electrocardiograph machinesCredit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at…

Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington There are 15 new cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, diagnosed in the U.S. each day. The disease causes patients to slowly lose the ability to speak, eat, move and breathe, and comes…