Genome duplication probably gave biodiversity a decisive evolutionary boost. A Chinese-German research team led by Axel Meyer ...

One chromosome from the mother, one chromosome from the father: For us humans and the vast majority of animal species, having a double set of ...

A new preclinical study from Weill Cornell Medicine found that the protein caspase-5 (CASP5), long thought to be a foot ...

"Tissue culture is something that is becoming a very emergent industry," Kellar said. "It's in the backbone of many food ...

There are few technologies more fundamental to modern life than the ability to control light with precision. From fiber-optic communications to quantum sensors, the manipulation of photons underpins ...

Researchers at Purdue University have achieved a long-sought milestone, demonstrating what they call a “photonic transistor” that operates at single-photon intensities. There are few technologies more ...

Tina Miller, adoption coordinator for Lutheran Family and Children's Services (LFCS), said most adoptions today are open where birth parents have contact and even close relationships with adoptive ...

Researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered a way to enhance the light-absorption and light-emission qualities of quantum dots: a kind of semiconductor crystal developed to ...

What’s seven times nine? Quick, you’ve got six seconds to answer. This June, over 600,000 children in England in year four, aged eight and nine, will be expected to answer questions like this. They ...

I am a big believer in process mining. My devotion to the approach is partly based on a strong belief in the value of a process orientation; I don’t think organizations can improve their operations ...

Mary Marlowe Leverette is one of the industry’s most highly regarded housekeeping and fabric care experts, sharing her knowledge on efficient housekeeping and textile conservation. She is also a ...