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Natural sciences are concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena which are based on emperical evidence. Branches of natural sciences include physical sciences (chemistry, physics, astronomy) and life sciences (biology, zoology).
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JUL 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms what scientists and residents of the world have been ob ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2019Microbiology
Food allergies are a growing public health concern. New work may help pave the way for a therapeutic that reduces or sto ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2019Immunology
Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute found that the RNF5 enzyme, produced by a gene in g ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUL 04, 2019Genetics & Genomics
In 2017, 1.8 million new cases of HIV infection were diagnosed around the world, and around 37 million people live with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 04, 2019Health & Medicine
Biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, conducted a study using a mouse model that found that o ...JUL 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
How exactly instincts are formed is a topic of hot debate. Between an interplay of genetic and environmental factors, th ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 02, 2019Plants & Animals
Porpoising is a type of swimming technique used by several different underwater mammals, including dolphins, porpoises, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
While attention has been focused on climate-related changes occurring in the Arctic, a dramatic turn of events happened ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 02, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have generated a database that catalogues how more than 45,000 mouse genes respond to ten different diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) prevents most of the world from conducting any sort of whaling activities, wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The inch-long sea slug Elysia rufescens eats algae for sustenance, but it gets an added benefit in the form of toxins wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2019Earth & The Environment
And you thought we had fixed the ozone problem. Don’t speak too soon…new research published in Nature Susta ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 25, 2019Neuroscience
According to a new study published in Nature Genetics, spontaneous mutations or "junk" DNA that occur between genes may ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergJUN 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Many of America’s major cities, such as Boston and New York City, are chock-full of wild pigeons. Some people enjo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
A device slated to clean up 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within five years was recently redeployed on its seco ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
A recent study combining 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, shows that the rate o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 24, 2019Health & Medicine
Although researchers may have discovered that this potent plant was used as early as 500 B.C. by ancient communities, Ca ...JUN 24, 2019Cancer
New research led by Dipak Panigrahy, MD, and Allison Gartung, PhD, of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 24, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a gene, PPP1R3A, that may be the ultimate protection against heart failure. Evidence sh ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 24, 2019Microbiology
Cannabis plants produce at least sixty different cannabinoid compounds, which have different effects.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 24, 2019Earth & The Environment
Have you heard of a red tide? A red tide is a type of “harmful algal bloom,” an occurrence that reported in ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 24, 2019Technology
Nanoemulsions are tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid. These emulsions are similar to the drople ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Once upon a time, a compound found in synthetic opioid, MPTP induced the onset of Parkinson's disease. Early studies ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When you’re just an itsy-bitsy spider, you tend to be particularly vulnerable to predation by the plethora of larg ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms what scientists and residents of the world have been ob
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2019
Microbiology
Food allergies are a growing public health concern. New work may help pave the way for a therapeutic that reduces or sto
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2019
Immunology
Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute found that the RNF5 enzyme, produced by a gene in g
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUL 04, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
In 2017, 1.8 million new cases of HIV infection were diagnosed around the world, and around 37 million people live with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
Biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, conducted a study using a mouse model that found that o
...
JUL 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
How exactly instincts are formed is a topic of hot debate. Between an interplay of genetic and environmental factors, th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Porpoising is a type of swimming technique used by several different underwater mammals, including dolphins, porpoises,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
While attention has been focused on climate-related changes occurring in the Arctic, a dramatic turn of events happened
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have generated a database that catalogues how more than 45,000 mouse genes respond to ten different diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) prevents most of the world from conducting any sort of whaling activities, wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The inch-long sea slug Elysia rufescens eats algae for sustenance, but it gets an added benefit in the form of toxins wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2019
Earth & The Environment
And you thought we had fixed the ozone problem. Don’t speak too soon…new research published in Nature Susta
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 25, 2019
Neuroscience
According to a new study published in Nature Genetics, spontaneous mutations or "junk" DNA that occur between genes may
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
JUN 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many of America’s major cities, such as Boston and New York City, are chock-full of wild pigeons. Some people enjo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A device slated to clean up 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within five years was recently redeployed on its seco
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A recent study combining 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and Bhutan, shows that the rate o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 24, 2019
Health & Medicine
Although researchers may have discovered that this potent plant was used as early as 500 B.C. by ancient communities, Ca
...
JUN 24, 2019
Cancer
New research led by Dipak Panigrahy, MD, and Allison Gartung, PhD, of the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a gene, PPP1R3A, that may be the ultimate protection against heart failure. Evidence sh
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 24, 2019
Microbiology
Cannabis plants produce at least sixty different cannabinoid compounds, which have different effects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Have you heard of a red tide? A red tide is a type of “harmful algal bloom,” an occurrence that reported in
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 24, 2019
Technology
Nanoemulsions are tiny droplets of one liquid suspended within another liquid. These emulsions are similar to the drople
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Once upon a time, a compound found in synthetic opioid, MPTP induced the onset of Parkinson's disease. Early studies
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When you’re just an itsy-bitsy spider, you tend to be particularly vulnerable to predation by the plethora of larg
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard