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Nature includes all the natural, physical, and material phenomena in the universe. The term is usually used to refer to plants, animals, and geology in our natural environment.
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NOV 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have already said that 2024 will be the hottest recorded year, and 2023 had already set a record for being 2. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2024Immunology
Millions of people around the world are diagnosed with cancer each year. The rapid proliferation of mutated cells can fa ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 27, 2024Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2024Immunology
Malaria is a life-threatening disease that is transferred by mosquito bites. Interestingly, a specific type of mosquito ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 21, 2024Immunology
Our immune systems begin developing long before we are born. Immune cells are generated around 4-weeks after gestation a ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 17, 2024Neuroscience
Two hours per week of class time spent in nature may help reduce emotional distress among 10-12 years olds with signific ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 17, 2024Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2024Immunology
Tumors find different ways to avoid immune cell detection and proliferate in their environment. Antitumor immune cells w ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 14, 2024Immunology
Mitochondria are ancient organelles within mammalian cells that are believed to have derived from free-floating bacteria ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 14, 2024Cancer
Glioma, tumors that form in the glial cells of the brain and spinal cord, can present as benign (non-cancerous) or malig ...Written By: Katie KokolusNOV 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2024Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tou ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
What is the origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) and what can this teach us about the galaxies where they reside? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 07, 2024Immunology
Hepatitis E Virus, or HEV, is a viral infection that generates inflammation of the liver. The disease is commonly transm ...Written By: Brian G. MorrealeNOV 05, 2024Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 31, 2024Cancer
Today many children and adults will celebrate Halloween, a holiday rooted in the ancient Celtic tradition of the festiva ...Written By: Katie KokolusOCT 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans have to maintain their blood sugar within a certain range, or serious health problems can arise. Insulin is cruci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2024Earth & The Environment
In August 2024, the Tangier 1 instrument by the Carbon Mapper Coalition was launched into space. It is a satellite that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 25, 2024Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have already said that 2024 will be the hottest recorded year, and 2023 had already set a record for being 2.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2024
Immunology
Millions of people around the world are diagnosed with cancer each year. The rapid proliferation of mutated cells can fa
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 27, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Organisms are made up of cells, and in each of those cells, a genome encodes the instructions for that organism to grow
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2024
Immunology
Malaria is a life-threatening disease that is transferred by mosquito bites. Interestingly, a specific type of mosquito
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 21, 2024
Immunology
Our immune systems begin developing long before we are born. Immune cells are generated around 4-weeks after gestation a
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 17, 2024
Neuroscience
Two hours per week of class time spent in nature may help reduce emotional distress among 10-12 years olds with signific
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 17, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2024
Immunology
Tumors find different ways to avoid immune cell detection and proliferate in their environment. Antitumor immune cells w
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 14, 2024
Immunology
Mitochondria are ancient organelles within mammalian cells that are believed to have derived from free-floating bacteria
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 14, 2024
Cancer
Glioma, tumors that form in the glial cells of the brain and spinal cord, can present as benign (non-cancerous) or malig
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
NOV 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Plankton are a diverse group of marine organisms, which are carried by tides and currents. Most are microscopic, but the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 scattered roughly 540 million tons of ash over an area of more than 22,000 squa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The world is full of unusual unicellular organisms and microbes, many of which have not been discovered yet...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Right now, plastics are wreaking havoc on the environment. While plastics have been very useful, they are also quite tou
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What is the origin of fast radio bursts (FRBs) and what can this teach us about the galaxies where they reside? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 07, 2024
Immunology
Hepatitis E Virus, or HEV, is a viral infection that generates inflammation of the liver. The disease is commonly transm
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
NOV 05, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The golden mussel is an invasive species that has used the ballast water of ships to spread to many places, and wreak ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Microbiology
There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 31, 2024
Cancer
Today many children and adults will celebrate Halloween, a holiday rooted in the ancient Celtic tradition of the festiva
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
OCT 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans have to maintain their blood sugar within a certain range, or serious health problems can arise. Insulin is cruci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2024
Earth & The Environment
In August 2024, the Tangier 1 instrument by the Carbon Mapper Coalition was launched into space. It is a satellite that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 25, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We rely heavily on plants, which are often exposed to pesticides or fungicides to control insects or fungal diseases, fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch