Research suggests that hibernation is a likely option to make deep space exploration a reality

Space travelers sleeping in hibernation chambers before continuing with their missions, whether to go on a…

Nanocontainer ships titan-size gene therapies and drugs into cells

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report they have created a tiny, nanosize container that can slip…

Researchers add order to polymer gels

Gel-like materials have a wide range of applications, especially in chemistry and medicine. However, their usefulness…

Philippines floods force 66,000 from homes

The Philippines’ north has been hit by some of its worst flooding in decades, with torrents…

Bacteria, fungus combo can help crops fight salty conditions

Researchers at Florida International University have found coating seeds with a fungus and a bacterium could…

EU bans controversial pesticide

A controversial pesticide linked to developmental problems in humans will be definitively banned in the EU…

Team finds link between vitamin A and brain response in Monarch butterflies

Biologists at Texas A&M University are making strides in understanding biological clock function in several model…

Novel way to ID disease-resistance genes in chocolate-producing trees found

Chocolate-producing cacao trees that are resistant to a major pathogen were identified by an international team…

Discovery of a new protein gives insight into a long-standing plant immunity mystery

When a plant senses an invading pathogen, it activates a molecular signaling cascade that switch on…

Scientists have spotted new compounds with herbicidal potential from sea fungus

Scientists at the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic…