The pervasive myth that intensive breeding has made modern wheat cultivars weaker and more dependent on pesticides and fertilizers is debunked by a major new study

How life's first step happens has long fascinated developmental biologists

Increased chemical stability and biocompatibility of the particles makes them useful for a number of applications, including sensing and biomedicine

Study shows how healthy people can sometimes misattribute touch to the wrong side of their body, or even to a completely wrong part of the body

The decline in oxygen in both ocean and coastal waters could pose a new set of threats to marine life

Study gains a better understanding, from the perspective of farmers, of the challenges and advantageous opportunities associated with using high tunnels for specialty crops

Certain membrane proteins specialize in transporting molecules out of cells—a problem for the efficacy of cancer medication and antibiotics

Recent study shows that hybrid Au/Fe nanoparticles can grow in an unprecedentedly complex structure with a single-step fabrication method

Complement system appears to be double-edged sword depending on the eye disease

New method could open up new opportunities for chip manufacture or the characterization of biomolecules such as DNA