Researchers say a spike in temperatures during an ice age 304 million years ago could inform what climate scientists are ...

University of Maryland scientists found that a matrix surrounding brain cells loosens and rebuilds during learning—and ...

Living amongst large predatory carnivores could actually make you safer. A study publishing in the Cell Press journal Current ...

How and where did the first forms of life arise? These are the main questions driving research at the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU). In a new ...

A model of Microraptor being put on display at the American Museum of Natural History. Microraptor was one of the smallest known dinosaurs, weighing about one pound—roughly the size of a large rabbit.

University of British Columbia researchers have developed an edible, seaweed-derived coating that can keep strawberries fresh for at least four days at room temperature, outperforming uncoated berries ...

Neck and back pain could be caused by changes in gene activity that trigger the breakdown of the spine’s natural shock absorbers, new research suggests. Findings from a study in zebrafish suggest that ...

A study in Earth's Future, the first of its kind to be conducted at the national level for the contiguous United States, reveals that 84% of the country's coastal wetlands are gradually inundating as ...

An international study led by Flinders University has found a fertile area of inspiration to explain an important step in evolution – and it’s a whole lot of poop. The new study describes the ‘faecal ...

Modern therapies have transformed care for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Yet the disease continues to progress in a substantial proportion of patients, even in the absence of relapses.