Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...

Parental egg-care in fish traps them in an evolutionary dead-end through the loss of the chorion-hardening system, according ...

A research team led by Prof. Kong Xiangfeng from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Every protein in the body is encased in a water shell that directs protein structure, provides vital stability and steers ...

A global study has revealed that mineral-associated organic matter (MAOM) serves as the most stable long-term reservoir of ...

Antibiotics are one of the greatest triumphs in the history of medical science—but these lifesaving tools have a dark side.

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

Researchers from the Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are the first to demonstrate a simple and tunable method for ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have discovered important new clues in the mystery of how an ...

Water is at the heart of agriculture. Every stage of the food-growing process depends on having reliable access to water.

Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 ...

Japan's agriculture minister said Friday the country would oppose any call by the European Union to add eels to an endangered ...