Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world and now, an international consortium of scientists, with the participation of the University of Barcelona (Spain), has just sequenced its genome. This achievement will help both to improve the cultivation of coffee and to increase its unconditional aroma and flavor.
A team of French scientists, in collaboration with WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), has succeeded in isolating polar bear DNA from a footprint in the snow for the first time.
A study by the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen (Germany) has revealed the process by which zebrafish develop their striking coloration based on alternating blue and gold stripes.
Deciphering the genetic basis of Parkinson's has become a key issue both in understanding the disease itself and in discovering effective therapies. Now, a new study led by scientists from the National Institutes of Health (USA) has located six new risk factors of a genetic nature in Parkinson's disease.
Scientists from University College London (United Kingdom) have discovered a very rare genetic variant that increases (doubling or even tripling) the risk of developing both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as alcoholism. The study has been published in the journal Psychiatric Genetics.
This is the conclusion of the latest study carried out by a team of researchers from the universities of California at San Diego and Yale (USA) and which has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Where does the differentiation between men and women come from? Now, new research from the Danforth Plant Science Center (USA) demystifies how species evolved to have different patterns between the two and affirms that the origin of the sexes is the work of a master sex-controlling gene.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
