Category: 5. Biology

How can cannabis compounds be used to improve skin health? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Natural Products hopes to address as an international team of researchers reported the…

What impact can sea-level rise have on extreme floods in the future? This is what a recent study published in Coastal Futures hopes to address as a team of researchers will investigate long-term consequences…

Over 20% of young adults report using cannabis or alcohol to help fall asleep. The corresponding study was published in JAMA Pediatrics.

“Unfortunately, there is a misconception that substance use can be…

Bacterial cells can easily swap bits of DNA, and many of those pieces of genetic material carry genes that confer resistance to antibiotics. This gene sharing is one reason why antimicrobial resistance is…

Bacterial cells can easily swap bits of DNA, and many of those pieces of genetic material carry genes that confer resistance to antibiotics. This gene sharing is one reason why antimicrobial resistance is…

What should be the minimum legal age for recreational cannabis? This is what a recent study published in The American Journal on Drug and Alcohol Abuse hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the…

Although dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and wolves (Canis lupus) can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, hybridization between the two is far more rare than domestic and wild populations of other species. In new research, scientists from…

A team of researchers from Japan has tested protenemata (juvenile moss), brood cells (specialized stem cells that emerge under stress conditions) and sporophytes (encapsulated spores) of the model moss species Physcomitrium patens under…

Since the emergency phase of the COVID pandemic has ended, researchers have been studying the long-term consequences of a SARS-COV-2 infection. In a new study conducted by researchers at Mass General Brigham,…