Plant ‘chemical factory’ could produce variety of commercial products

A 'chemical factory' on the surface of plant leaves could help produce more commercially useful products,…

Secrets of the paleo diet: Discovery reveals plant-based menu of prehistoric man

A tiny grape pip (scale 1mm), left on the ground some 780,000 years ago, is one…

Designer switches of cell fate could streamline stem cell biology

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a novel strategy to reprogram cells from one…

Geoscientists size-up early dinosaurs, find surprising variation

Look out your window, and you may see people of all ages and sizes roaming the…

How plants manage excess solar energy

Life on earth largely depends on the conversion of light energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis…

Amazon testing cashier-free retail store

Amazon on Monday unveiled a new kind of retail store, with no cashiers.

Over half of Med’s shark and ray species ‘at risk of extinction’

Over half of the Mediterranean's shark and ray species are at risk of extinction, the International…

Feds: Business lost $387,500 in world cybercrime operation

A Pennsylvania business lost more than $387,000 in an international cybercrime operation disabled by federal authorities…

Study analyzed reef fish grazing behaviors to understand coral reef health

Grazing on algae is a full-time job for a highly specialized group of coral reef fish.

Female lemurs with color vision provide advantages for their group

Female lemurs with normal color vision, as well as their cohabitating colorblind group members, may have…