Spider silk, long prized for its strength and elasticity, has created something of a furor in the biomanufacturing world as businesses look for ways to cheaply scale up production for silks, which can ...

A small clinical trial has found that at low doses, lithium aspartate is ineffective in treating the fatigue and brain fog that is often a persistent feature of long COVID.

Researchers discovered a mechanism by which estrogen can trigger fast neuronal responses.

Climate change-related landslides, storms and floods are associated with intimate partner violence against women two years after the event, according to a new study.

Miniature accelerometers reveal new insights into the elusive period between turtles hatching and emerging above sand.

An organism as a tenant in another -- in biology, this often works quite well. Researchers have now shed light on how such a partnership of a cell in a cell can establish itself.

Geologists show how the earthquake's rupture direction may have affected who felt the strongest shaking on 5 April.

An extensive exploration of ten years of wildlife rescue data reveals the complex interactions between humans and reptiles in Sydney's urban landscape, where the venomous red-bellied black snake is ...

Researchers collected archival data on more than 3.4 million people living in the United States and United Kingdom. They found evidence that obesity tends to spur lighter medical and psychological ...

Plants widen microscopic pores on their leaves in response to heat. But scientists lacked an understanding of the mechanisms behind this 'sweating' function. Now, biologists have unlocked the details ...

Global evidence has revealed that women's environmental quality of life is key to their overall quality of life and health, according to a new study.

Ever wish you could stop that fruit fly on your kitchen counter in its tracks? Scientists have created flies that halt under red light. In doing so, they discovered the precise neural mechanisms ...