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Chinese scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have found a gene that plays an important role in helping rice adapt to low soil nitrogen.

Writing, driving a screw or throwing darts are only some of the activities that demand a high level of skill. How the brain masters such exquisite movements has now been described by a team of researchers. A map of brainstem circuits reveals which neurons control the fine motor skills of the arm and hand.

A Michigan Medicine led study has found that that the main bioactive compound of ginger root, 6-gingerol, is therapeutic in countering the mechanism that fuels certain autoimmune diseases in mice.

Step into your new, microscopic time machine. Scientists have discovered that a type of single-celled organism living in modern-day oceans may have a lot in common with life forms that existed billions of years ago—and that fundamentally transformed Earth.

Scientists have uncovered why a food-ingredient-based pesticide made from safflower and cottonseed oils is effective against two-spotted spider mites that attack over a thousand species of plants while sparing the mites' natural predators.

A new study has identified an association between fiber consumption and depression risk, one that only holds in premenopausal women. Researchers suspect that an interaction between hormones and gut bacteria may explain the divide.

Researchers have determined that the “immune only” focus of current autoimmune research must be updated to better understand autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis.

New research suggests that opioid use may be an unidentified risk factor contributing to the increasing incidence of pancreatic cancer.

E. coli food poisoning is one of the worst food poisonings, causing bloody diarrhea and kidney damage. But all the carnage might be just an unintended side effect according to new research.

New research shows that statins, which are commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, may also shield the heart from damaging adverse effects related to early breast cancer therapy.