18 in the peer-reviewed journal Biology Letters. Researchers previously learned the lizards were able to create air bubbles — the first vertebrates known to use the technique — in 2021, but Swierk’s ...

Matthew Beckman, head of the biology department at Augsburg University, arrived at his office on the morning of Aug. 27 to ...

Scripps Research scientists have created a method using four-nucleotide codons to incorporate non-canonical amino acids into ...

Proteins are composed of combinations of 20 different amino acids, arranged into diverse sequences like words. But ...

Proteins are composed of combinations of 20 different amino acids, arranged into diverse sequences like words. But researchers trying to engineer biologic molecules with new functions have long felt ...

The Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and biochemistry require that: No biology or biochemistry course with a grade below C- be used as a prerequisite for a more advanced ...

For one smell, panellists chose the words ‘sharp, sweet ... Despite the pre-eminence of biology, many scientists dream of a time when a digital smell sensor will rival those for other senses.

Science's war against the super-small and, sometimes, super-deadly bacteria that have evolved to resist destruction by antibiotics may have just enlisted new, unlikely allies: invertebrate ...

I completely agree with Sandie Peleg and Julius Dhanu (Traveller Letters, August 10) on the sub-standard process for incoming travellers to Australia. We arrived at Sydney Airport after a nine-day ...

There I said it. I was the nerdiest kid alive. Good thing I can (kinda) monetize my love of words. Over this last week, one of my favorite word-masters, the Merriam-Webster Twitter account ...

In a medical emergency, quick treatment is critical. But a widely used drug could be repurposed to induce a hibernation-like state, to slow down organ damage and save lives by giving patients more ...

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention used more than 109,000 words over four days in Chicago this week. Their choice of words and phrases contrasts the themes and ideas of last month’s ...