Many conditions interfere with butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activity, e.g., pregnancy or presence of the BCHE gene variant -116A can decrease activity whereas obesity and types I and II diabetes ...

Congrats to Professor Jason Bond, newly selected executive associate dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Bond, an arachnologist, is the Evert and Marion Schlinger ...

Melvin Osburn, 89, died at 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was born July 24, 1935 in St. Louis, MO the son of the late Deliah Osburn. Melvin was self employed ...

BIRMINGHAM, AL (February 6, 2025) – Birmingham Stallions Head Coach Skip Holtz today introduced three new additions as a part of his staff for the 2025 season. New to the staff are General Manager ...

Rubiaceae is among the most species-rich plant families, as well as one of the most morphologically and geographically diverse. Currently available phylogenies have mostly relied on few genomic and ...

An eponym is a scientific species name that comes from a real or fictional person. Scientists have named many species after celebrities. They either want to honor the person, bring attention to the ...

COUNTRY music star Willie Nelson has a glittering list of achievements under his belt, and now he can add a new one – he’s had an insect named after him. US expert Dr JoVonn Hill had been carrying out ...

When a Swedish Lutheran pastor, Nils Ingemarsson Linnaeus, named his son Carl in 1707, he had no idea he was naming the future father of taxonomy. Taxonomy is the science of naming, describing and ...

Bhubaneswar(Odisha) [India], April 11 (ANI): With the aim to nurture a large spectrum of hockey talent from the state and provide early exposure to synthetic turfs, Odisha has set up 22 new Hockey ...

With the aim to nurture a large spectrum of hockey talent from the state and provide early exposure to synthetic turfs, Odisha has set up 22 new Hockey Training Centres (HTCs) for Grassroots ...