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Douglas Boin, a history professor at Saint Louis University, made a major announcement at the Archaeological Institute of America’s annual meeting, revealing that he and…

When barley seedlings’ root systems are electrically stimulated using a new cultivation substrate, they grow 50% faster on average. Linköping University researchers developed an electrically…

The number of relatives that an individual has is predicted to fall by more than 35% in the foreseeable future. At the same time, the…

Significant UN research has proposed methods to cut nitrogen pollution from agriculture and the food chain in Europe in half, including cutting meat and dairy…

Cells are the fundamental components of life, and even minor alterations at the cellular level can have a profound impact on the entire functioning of…

New research on worldwide shark fishing mortality has exposed the true magnitude of humanity’s destructive influence on the oceans: over 80 million sharks are killed…

Local creeks and streams, not the previously expected high number of pig farms, were the source of Salmonella enterica contamination around coastal North Carolina after…

Synthetic CO2 fixation in live cells entails creating and introducing new pathways to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules. This technique mimics natural photosynthesis but…

Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, discovered X-ray activity that sheds light on galaxies’ history. The X-rays reveal massive clouds of…

Ants groom themselves in order to keep the colony clean and healthy. They clean themselves and other members of the colony with their antennae and…