Life Sciences and Biomedicine Archives

Ethanol May Help Crops Survive Droughts

Droughts can wreak havoc on food supply and crop production, but a new study shows that ethanol can help crops survive.

Play behavior and laughter in rats is influenced by their environment and by the part of the brain that controls fight or flight responses.

Are you wondering if the well-known mosquito eaters actually eat mosquitos? Find out the answer to this question and more.

Health

New data shows that the healthy BMI range isn’t as narrow as we thought, nor is it where we thought it was.

Biology

Odor profiles are an emerging way to identify and classify individuals based on the chemical compounds naturally released from our hands.

Rising temperatures in recent years have been linked to observed shifts in bee phenology. These changes may impact pollination.

Health

Rates of hospital admissions for alcohol-related hepatitis have increased since 2019, and certain groups are more at risk.

Climate change is not just in the air—underground climate change expands or contracts the earth, affecting the buildings above.

Researchers identified over five thousand previously undiscovered species in the CCZ region of the ocean, and they predict more.

A long-standing Japanese art form known as kirigami has inspired scientists to design effective solar cell tech four hundred years later.