Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.
Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.
Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
Scientists are stumped as to why hundreds of starved pups have been washing up on the California shore.
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Scientists develop a gel that mimics mollusc glue to coat the insides of blood vessels.
Newly constructed ramps will expand the habitat available to a colony of water voles in London, and similar ramps elsewhere could encourage isolated populations to mix.
Native Australian frog tadpoles outcompete the tadpoles of the invasive cane toad, suggesting the native frogs could form part of a suburban control program.
The method to the dengue virus's maddening infectiousness.
Uranium dating of coral tools used by the earliest settlers of the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga offers unprecedented precision in reconstructing their history.