Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material (genomes) of humans. The virus-like insertions, called "

Two life scientists at Gyeongsang National University and a geneticist from the National Institutes of Health, in the U.S. have identified the canine genetic footprint that makes dogs natural herders. In their study published in the journal Science Advanc

In mammals—including us humans—sperm are surprisingly picky about temperature, thriving best in conditions a few degrees cooler than normal body temperature. But, given that the female reproductive tract is warmer than normal body temperature, how do thes

Marine habitats are facing unprecedented threats, with 66% of coastal areas already altered and degraded. Bottom-contact fisheries, which use indiscriminate trawling, physically damage almost 5 million square kilometers of the seafloor each year.

Before they can fight to survive, some endangered songbirds are losing their groove and being robbed of their chance at love—all because of what's in their food.

Results from a long-term field experiment shed new light on how grasslands can be restored for nature, the environment, and for farmers.

Relief may be in sight for kākāpō affected by an extremely painful disease, thanks to a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study.

RIKEN chemists have hit upon a fast and easy way to combine so-called nanobelts of carbon with sulfur-containing functional groups. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Looking around, you might not realize it, but corn is everywhere. In one form or another, it's in the cereals in your cupboard, the cosmetics and medicines in your bathroom, the kibble in your pet's food bowl, and the gas tank of your car.

Controlling the topology and structure of entangled molecular strands is a key challenge in molecular engineering, particularly when attempting to create large nanostructures that mimic biological systems. Examples found in nature, such as virus capsids a

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular "traffic cops" known as morphogens regulate the activation of gene

Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a new approach to countering citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases, two economically devastating agricultural diseases in the U.S.