Human population, agriculture, tourism and trade are moving microbes around the world at...
Biology
02 February 2018
The beginning of the genome revolution?
19 January 2018
Soil samples from all over the world have been studied to uncover the bacteria they contain. The vast majority of the...
12 January 2018
Scientists grow functioning muscle in the lab
21 December 2017
Research has revealed that our microbiome can fluctuate with the seasons.
21 December 2017
Scientists have found that immune system cells provide growth hormones to the developing embryo...
15 December 2017
How the building blocks of life might have formed
08 December 2017
Can computers speak dolphin?
04 December 2017
Evolution in our lifetime?
23 November 2017
Mice exposed to allergens pass on protective proteins to offspring through breastfeeding
23 November 2017
Dolly the cloned sheep didn't have early-onset arthritis, a new study looking at her skeleton has concluded.
23 November 2017
New hair-thin brain probe could revolutionise how we record brain activity
23 November 2017
A chemical released by intestinal worms to prevent the immune system attacking them has been isolated by scientists in...
19 November 2017
Scientists have developed a new method of growing liver cancer cells in the lab, which could greatly improve our...
10 November 2017
New study measures mechanisms for reversal of Type 2 diabetes in rats.
02 November 2017
Drugs present in wastewater used to irrigate farmland can affect the growth and development of insects feeding on...
18 October 2017
Plants use a trick of the light to make their flowers look blue to bees...
05 October 2017
Three quarters of the world's honey is laced with neonicotinoid insecticides, a new study has shown this week.
21 September 2017
A large electric eel can deliver a shock ten times more powerful than a TASER, a new study has shown.
15 September 2017
Bird skulls and brains resemble those of young dinosaurs and may provide insight into their evolutionary origin and...
14 September 2017
Human population, agriculture, tourism and trade are moving microbes around the world at unprecedented levels,...
07 September 2017
Cuckoos mimic predatory hawk calls to trick other birds and increase nest invasion success, according to researchers at...
01 September 2017
Ningaloo whale sharks have a homing instinct and, following forays over considerable distances, tend to repeatedly re-...
31 August 2017
Can bacteria influence the sex life of animals? A serendipitous discovery made by researchers at UC Berkeley and...
25 August 2017
Our hairy insides protect us from the full force of fluids racing through our bodies and may inspire future robotic...