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Plant Biology
Plant Biology: or Botany, also called plant science(s) or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plantscientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.
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AUG 14, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has indicated that the environment and diet of mothers can affect the health of their offspring. A new study ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2023Neuroscience
The mysteries behind the brain's preference for giving time over money are starting to unravel.Written By: Amielle MorenoAUG 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tend ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandAUG 07, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transpar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2023Cancer
We use the blanket term “sugar” to describe a variety of nutrients found naturally in different types of fru ...Written By: Katie KokolusJUL 26, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Cornell University have found a way to increase carbon sequestration and the yield from tobacco plants, u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 24, 2023Plants & Animals
A recent study published in JMIRx Bio examines the longstanding “eel hypothesis” to explain the size of the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 20, 2023Cannabis Sciences
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a team of scientists at Penn State University a two-year, $1 mill ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Two live tangled individuals of freshwater hairworm, can be seen in this image by Gonzalo GiribetWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2023Microbiology
A mixture of honey and vinegar is also known as oxymelWritten By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Before the Cambrian explosion, also known as the biological big bang, produced a huge array of animals. But the foundati ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2023Microbiology
The bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi causes a disease called Scrub typhus or bush typhus, and it spreads to people throu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how movements throughout the 36 ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 10, 2023Plants & Animals
A recent study published in Current Biology examines how ticks use static electricity to find hosts to acts as parasites ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 30, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing system originated in bacteria, or prokaryotic cells. Now scientists have identified a similar sy ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2023Microbiology
Mosquitoes in many places in the world including South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa carry Plasmodium parasites that cause ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2023Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of the Andes in Colombia have tapped into the power of nature's medicine cabinet to revolu ...Written By: Amielle MorenoJUN 18, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
At this year's International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, it was announced that scientists engineered synthet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2023Microbiology
Human activities often put people in close contact with wild animals. Research has shown that relationship can promote a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
About a decade ago, research teams showed that modern humans still carry remnants of Neanderthal DNA, confirming that Ne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2023Neuroscience
The judicial system assumes we process all information, past and present, to produce our actions. That assumption is dan ...Written By: Amielle Moreno
AUG 14, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has indicated that the environment and diet of mothers can affect the health of their offspring. A new study ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2023
Neuroscience
The mysteries behind the brain's preference for giving time over money are starting to unravel.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
AUG 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tend
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
AUG 07, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Rotifers are multicellular, microscopic marine animals that live in soils and freshwater environments. They are transpar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2023
Cancer
We use the blanket term “sugar” to describe a variety of nutrients found naturally in different types of fru
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
JUL 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Cornell University have found a way to increase carbon sequestration and the yield from tobacco plants, u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2023
Plants & Animals
A recent study published in JMIRx Bio examines the longstanding “eel hypothesis” to explain the size of the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 20, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a team of scientists at Penn State University a two-year, $1 mill
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Two live tangled individuals of freshwater hairworm, can be seen in this image by Gonzalo Giribet
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2023
Microbiology
A mixture of honey and vinegar is also known as oxymel
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Before the Cambrian explosion, also known as the biological big bang, produced a huge array of animals. But the foundati
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2023
Microbiology
The bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi causes a disease called Scrub typhus or bush typhus, and it spreads to people throu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asp caterpillars are also known as Megalopyge opercularis; one is seen in this image from the University of Queensland,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how movements throughout the 36
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 10, 2023
Plants & Animals
A recent study published in Current Biology examines how ticks use static electricity to find hosts to acts as parasites
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 30, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
The CRISPR gene editing system originated in bacteria, or prokaryotic cells. Now scientists have identified a similar sy
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2023
Microbiology
Mosquitoes in many places in the world including South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa carry Plasmodium parasites that cause
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2023
Microbiology
Fungi are microbes that can have crucial roles in the environment, and common fungi can be found in many parts of the en
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the 1970s, an entirely new group of organisms that were not bacterial or eukaryotic was discovered - archaea. Some ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of the Andes in Colombia have tapped into the power of nature's medicine cabinet to revolu
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUN 18, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
At this year's International Society for Stem Cell Research meeting, it was announced that scientists engineered synthet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2023
Microbiology
Human activities often put people in close contact with wild animals. Research has shown that relationship can promote a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
About a decade ago, research teams showed that modern humans still carry remnants of Neanderthal DNA, confirming that Ne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2023
Neuroscience
The judicial system assumes we process all information, past and present, to produce our actions. That assumption is dan
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno