Invasive weed threatens Southern California's deserts
4:30am By NULLOnce thought resistant to invasion, regional deserts are losing native plants to aggressive weedy…Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change
3:03am By NULLA decade ago, Scott Osborn would have eagerly told prospective vineyard owners looking to join the…A brief history of expansion microscopy
Wed 5:22pm By NULLNearly 150 years ago, scientists began to imagine how information might flow through the brain based…Evolutionary analysis uncovers protein changes that protect mammals from aging and disease
Wed 4:00pm By NULLOver recent decades, humanity has witnessed a remarkable and continuous increase in lifespan.…'Brinkmanship' between rival genes may determine survival of unborn mammals
Wed 3:55pm By NULLA study has shown that a dangerous game of "brinkmanship" between rival genes in mammals could help…Microscopic fin features help sculpins grip rocks in turbulent ocean waters
Wed 3:41pm By NULLOn a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface…Video: Lifting the canopy on Earth's forests
Wed 3:30pm By NULLESA's state-of-the-art Biomass mission has been designed to shed new light on the health and…Elephant instead of wild boar? What could have been in Europe
Wed 3:20pm By NULLEven under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live…A new map of arthropod evolution, from fossils to embryos
Wed 3:10pm By NULLA new study by Prof. Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the…How an antimalarial drug could help fix genetic diseases
Wed 3:00pm By NULLThe antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne…Giant extinct kangaroos' preference for home over roaming may have sealed their fate
Wed 3:00pm By NULLGiant kangaroos stuck close to home and went extinct when climate change caused that home to…Data science approaches crack the code of cell movement
Wed 2:59pm By NULLScientists from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have…Global estimate finds mangrove forests nurture vast populations of commercially important marine species
Wed 2:59pm By NULLAn international team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds has worked together to calculate…Century-old mystery of plant communication solved: Plants signal stress through negative pressure mechanisms
Wed 2:12pm By NULLImagine if a plant in a farmer's field could warn a grower that it needs water? Or if a farmer could…Paying fishers to release endangered catches could aid conservation
Wed 2:00pm By NULLA new study from the University of Oxford has revealed that an incentive program increased live…Early embryos show surprising flexibility in fixing DNA organization mistakes
Wed 1:01pm By NULLAn international research team led by Helmholtz Munich has, for the first time, provided a detailed…A legacy unlocked: Mendel-inspired study maps unprecedented pea diversity
Wed 12:50pm By NULLThe iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics.…Scientists explore thermal mechanics of Yellowstone beetles
Wed 12:37pm By NULLScientists at Montana State University have examined the unique and extreme environments of nearby…Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas. Why that's a problem for fishing's future
Wed 12:30pm By NULLThe single greatest threat to the diversity of life in our oceans over the past 50 years, more than…User-friendly software can detect viruses in RNA sequence data
Wed 12:26pm By NULLA new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in…
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