Tiny external structures in the wax coating of blueberries give them their blue colour, researchers at the University of Bristol…
As the HIV virus glides up outside a human cell to dock and possibly inject its deadly cargo of genetic…
Compared to robots, human bodies are flexible, capable of fine movements, and can convert energy efficiently into movement. Drawing inspiration…
A pair of scientists at Google DeepMind, the Alphabet artificial intelligence division, have been talking with investors about forming an…
Southern Africa contains the vast majority of the world's remaining populations of both black and white rhinoceroses (80% and 92%,…
Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery,…
Ethanol -- the compound found in alcoholic beverages -- interferes with the normal functioning of a long list of biological…
As concerns over the world's declining bird population mount, animal ecologists developed an analytical approach to better understand one of…
For most of us, the countless bright spots in the nighttime sky all seem to be stars. But in fact,…
For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian…