Virginia Tech researchers are studying juvenile insects' hormones, which may lead to the discovery of chemicals that can better target mosquitoes and other pests. Here is a press release from the ...

Scientists anxious to find a safe but powerful pesticide have long been fascinated by the juvenile hormone that is secreted by insects. At certain stages of an insect’s life cycle, the hormone must be ...

In a recent study published in "Scientific Reports", an international team of researchers led by MedUni Vienna report that an oxytocin-like neuropeptide ("inotocin") exhibited a specific ...

Mubarak Hussain Syed, an assistant professor of Biology at The University of New Mexico, along with a team of UNM students and collaborators at the University of Pennsylvania, is investigating how ...

The College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources mourns the passing of David A. Schooley, Ph.D., a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry, a renowned insect endocrinologist, and ...