Even though rice was the first crop to be fully sequenced, scientists have only documented a few of the genetic changes that made rice into a staple food for more than half the world’s population

Technique developed at Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center, funded by FAPESP and hosted by the University of São Paulo, produced hepatic tissue in the laboratory in only 90 days and could become an alternative to organ transplantation in future

Is there a general rule to identify which species are "losers" or "winners"? And what is the effect of range changes on the biodiversity of Chinese flora?

During excavations on Lolland, archaeologists found a 5,700-year-old type of "chewing gum" made from birch pitch

Insects in torrential rivers may inspire engineering solutions

Discovery promises to aid production of protein-based drugs, vaccines, other biomaterials

Less than 10 percent of neurons in the mouse visual system behave the way scientists thought most such cells work to perceive the outside world

Princeton researchers have developed new computational and experimental tools to identify microbial small molecules encoded in clinical samples, allowing scientists to explore microbial-host interactions and to mine the human microbiome for drug discovery

Study by MU scientist and team could contribute to future breakthroughs in understanding the brain and neurological diseases

Research led by Göttingen University studies carbon sinks and land-use in a mangrove-fringed lagoon in Java

Advance could help identify drugs to eventually treat fibrosis

The combination of flexibility and protection seen in the chiton mollusk make it ideal for biomimicry project