With robotics, computers and advanced genetics, researchers are unraveling how plant roots take up and metabolize nitrogen, the key to plant growth and crop yield.

About 99 percent of the sun's energy emitted as neutrinos is produced through nuclear reaction sequences initiated by proton-proton (pp) fusion in which hydrogen is converted into helium, say sci..

Scared, ashamed, happy or proud — how do children feel when they lose their first baby tooth? Scientists have now found that children's feelings are predominantly positive. The study also reveal..

Researchers explored the sequence of microbial colonization in the infant gut through age 4 and found distinct stages of development in the microbiome that were associated with early life exposures.

The same process that allows rock to flow like liquid during impact events allows 'peak rings' to form in large craters.

A child has until the age of two-and-a-half to establish healthy gut bacteria — with little change after this point, new research has revealed.

Beware, media multitaskers: New research has found a link between spending too much time on digital devices and how first impression are formed.

Researchers analyzing the genomes of cultivated cacao trees have traced their origin to a 'single domestication event' some 3,600 years ago. The discovery opens a new front in a long-running..

Researchers have now discovered that stress-induced mental disturbances in mice are directly linked to abnormal glucose metabolism. Normalizing the stress-induced alterations in glucose levels, using ..

Men who lack resilience are exponentially more vulnerable to becoming severely depressed after their spouse dies, according to a new study.