Forgotten strands of DNA initiate the development of immune cells

Researchers will study and develop materials that mimic such material as sticky and durable caddisfly silk, the adaptable skin of a sea cucumber, and a substance that directs cellular behavior

If the U.S. wants to start using wood pellets to produce energy, either the government or power customers will have to pay an extra cost, a new University of Georgia study has found

Yams are a staple part of the Nigerian diet, with Nigeria accounting for around 70% of world yam production, but at current rates of consumption demand is beginning to outstrip supply

When fully developed, this healing patch could be a boon for diabetic patients, who suffer from hard-to-heal skin lesions and for patients undergoing surgery

Scientists demonstrate, and then rescue, muscle and nerve defects caused by removing brains of day-old frog embryos; reveal earliest known example of brain-body interface

A rapid and highly sensitive fingerprint test has been developed that can take just seconds to confirm whether someone has used cocaine

Whereas massive inroads have been made into genomics, metabolomics, or protein and lipid research, glycosylation remains largely unexplored at the proteome scale

With an urgent need to better understand climate to predict how it will shift with more heat-trapping gases, scientists are developing new tools to measure waters below where satellites can penetrate

New approach blocks key growth enzyme as well as the process that causes resistance to current treatments