Smoking is one of the biggest risk factors for bladder cancer. But did you know there could be another culprit sitting in your medicine cabinet? It’s called aristolochic acid (AA), an ingredient found ...

A powerful new partnership between Nambour TAFE and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) is giving the next generation of conservation professionals hands-on experience in protecting native ...

I remember the day I got obsessed with a tiny, see-through worm. I was in a classroom at Northeastern University, where I worked at the time, giving a science-communication workshop to a group of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We describe and illustrate Aristolochia neinhuisii (Aristolochiaceae), a new species in subgenus Siphisia from the Highlands of Vietnam. It ...

The Santa Ana winds were already blowing hard when I ran the first worm simulation. I’m no hacker, but it was easy enough: Open a Terminal shell, paste some commands from GitHub, watch characters ...

New researchers uncover the role of Piezo channels that sense pressure in the digestive tract and regulate swallowing behavior. The research opens new opportunities for developing treatments for ...

From an asteroid sample that was delivered to Earth to a discovery about human migration from North America, these were the biggest moments of the year Carlyn Kranking and Joe Spring Advances in ...

Caenorhabditis elegans is a species of nematode worm and is frequently chosen as a model organism to study human diseases. Image Credits: Heiti Paves / Shutterstock.com While not as sophisticated as a ...

Abstract: C. elegans is one of the classic model organisms in neuroscience and biology, with its simple nervous system and transparent body serving as useful research tools. High-resolution imaging ...

In this important paper, Pribaldi and colleagues provide convincing evidence that locomotor and egg-laying behaviors of the nematode C. elegans can be altered by predation. They provide solid evidence ...

I need the help of butterfly gardeners throughout Brevard County who are growing Dutchman’s pipevine. I also have information for everyone raising Gulf fritillary butterflies at the end of this ...

Abstract: To overcome the energy efficiency bottleneck of the von Neumann architecture and scaling limit of silicon transistors, an emerging but promising solution is neuromorphic computing, a new ...