Water, an abundant resource critical to life is a very special molecule that still hides some secrets. Beyond being essential to biological systems, it has unique chemical properties and has special ...

In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the ...

Cornell researchers have discovered a previously unknown way plants regulate water that is so fundamental it may change plant ...

Scientists studying the biology of the tardigrade have filled in important new details around how the tiny aquatic creature can survive the harshest of conditions. The discovery centers on a newfound ...

Colorado is currently developing its first Water Plan, a plan that will try and help solve the many water issues and future shortages we face. Some have said we don’t need one because we already have ...

15. Fresh-water fishes -- Definitions and counts of fish structures -- Key 15A : Fresh-water fishes -- Plate 15A : Fish structures -- Key 15B : Trout (Salmo) and Charrs (Salvelinus) -- Plate 15B : ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford suggests that life might have been kickstarted by constant zaps from ...

WILLIAMSBURG — Six undergraduates recently represented William & Mary at the International Genetically Engineered Machine ...

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling. This week brings the election edition of Deep Water – by which I mean it is about the people. And the people, as we see in Roger Carpentter’s poem ...

While life is intrinsically connected to water, some so-called anhydrobiotic organisms can survive for long stretches without it. A tiny group of plants is able to live for months or even years ...

Toxic metals like lead and cadmium are dangerous water contaminants. The team combined nanomechanical microcantilevers with synthetic biology biosensors to create an ultrasensitive platform that ...

The recent grants, totaling $572,600, will fund research projects in fields ranging from biology to artificial intelligence.