Biology

In July 2023, a New Castle County resident was getting ready for bed when they pulled back their comforter and...

While their scaly armor and long claws look vaguely reptilian, armadillos belong to the same group of mammals as sloths...

“We wanted to investigate how second pillar pension funds react to financial crises and how to protect them from the...

Maternal immunity refers to the immunity transferred across the placenta, colostrum, milk or eggs from mother to offspring. It plays...

A question left unanswered in a biologist’s lab notebook for 40 years has finally been explained, thanks to a little...

Macquarie University researchers have used heat to develop a simple and effective way to help endangered frogs survive the devastating...

Researchers have uncovered how a structure in bodily carbohydrates (sugar chains or “glycans”) that regulates how they attach themselves to...

Researchers have gained new knowledge of how drugs bind to connexin molecules. These molecules form channels that allow neighbouring cells...

Biogenic monoamines — molecules like dopamine and serotonin — are famous for their role as the brain’s emissaries of mood,...

Fukuoka, Japan—The brain is the most complex organ ever created. Its functions are supported by a network of tens of...