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The identification of a protein that regulates nutrient and water uptake in plant roots could help develop climate-proof crops that require fewer chemical fertilizers.

A recent discovery, published in PLoS Genetics, challenges the “rulebook” of DNA. We speak with the first author, Dr. Jamie McGowan, to learn about the accidental finding and what it means for synthetic biology.

Researchers from the University of Bergen (UiB) have uncovered that proteins use a common chemical label as a shield to protect them from degradation, which in turn affects motility and aging.

Researchers at Cornell have discovered a new grape downy mildew resistance gene – giving the wine and grape industry a powerful new tool to combat this devastating disease.

New research from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that bonnets can also find their ways into young, healthy trees and plants, where they try to cooperate.

Women with endometriosis are twice as likely to have an irritable bowel diagnosis as women without the disease. Scientists identified genes and biological pathways that may be involved in developing both diseases.

Psoriasis is not caused or spread by spontaneous genetic mutations in the skin, new research suggests. The team, didn’t find any mutated genes in the psoriatic patches that weren’t also mutated in the individual’s unaffected skin tissue.

Why is there a ridiculous abundance of species some places on earth and a scarcity in others? With access to a mammoth set of global-scale climate data, a team identified several factors to help answer this fundamental ecological question.

In the future, farmed wolffish could start appearing on fish counters. However, a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that this fish, with its delicate, firm flesh, needs somewhat different farming conditions compared to salmon.

Researchers pursuing the genetic origin of variations in skin pigmentation between people of different ethnicities reveal the link is complex.