Smaller, more specific academic journals have more sway over policy
Scientists don’t just want their results to be published; they want them to be published in the most influential journal […]
Biochemistry
Plant guard cells can count environmental stimuli
Plants control their water consumption via adjustable pores (stomata), which are formed from pairs of guard cells. They open their
New research could lead to genetically tailored diets to treat patients with IBS
An international study has found that genetic variations in human carbohydrate-active enzymes may affect how people with irritable bowel syndrome
Can snake research help explain human digestion?
All animals possess some capacity for repairing and replacing the lining of their intestines, a process called intestinal regeneration. In
Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global estimates
Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment developed
Rare fossils of extinct elephant document the earliest known instance of butchery in India
During the late middle Pleistocene, between 300 and 400 thousand years ago, at least three ancient elephant relatives died near
Modern mass extinction in an Ecuadorean cloud forest found to be a mirage
One of the most notorious mass extinction events in modern times occurred on a hilltop in coastal Ecuador in the
Does fermented black garlic extract help treat prostate cancer?
A team at the University of Cordoba and IMIBIC tests the protective effect of a fermented black garlic extract against
Environmental DNA and epidemics in wood frogs
Tracy Rittenhouse, associate professor of natural resources and the environment in UConn’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR),