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Archaeologists have discovered people who lived in north-west Arabia in the Early to Middle Bronze Age built "funerary avenues".

A four million dollar grant will enable research into the development of sustainable plastic alternatives.

University of California San Diego biologists have developed a method that reverses insecticide resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 technology.

A gene for antibiotic resistance has been identified in water-borne bacteria in Georgia, USA.

If Americans swapped one serving of beef per day for chicken, their diets’ greenhouse gas emissions would fall by an average of 48% and water-use impact by 30%, according to a recent study.

Copper in soil and seawater can act as a catalyst for the production of ozone-damaging halocarbons.

By studying the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, researchers have found that RNA messages need a special protein to escort them where they need to go and without this escort, the plant fails to develop properly.

Scientists from Yale University have developed a wearable air sampler that has been tested for its ability to detect airborne SARS-CoV-2. The study results are published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters.

According to new research, a simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA mutation.

Phthalates – found in many consumer products – may disrupt levels of a pregnancy hormone that promotes the onset of labor.