A large team of international researchers have used techniques at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron to understand how key proteins contribute to...
While many bacteria become inactive during dry spells, specific groups persist and even thrive. A new study, published in Nature...
Scientists show that the extraordinary diversity of cichlid fish in Africa’s Lake Victoria was made possible by “genetic recycling”—repeated cycles...
Scientists have identified the source of antibiotic resistance that emerged within bacteria driving the ongoing Yemen cholera epidemic. The findings,...
Were the first animals predators or filter feeders like the sponges living in today’s oceans? And what role did symbiosis...
Were the first animals predators or filter feeders like the sponges living in today’s oceans? And what role did symbiosis...
An international team of researchers has released a study on contemporary evolutionary change in natural populations. Their study uses one...
Recent discoveries in the field of epigenetics, the study of inheritance of traits that occur without changing the DNA sequence,...
by Allen G. Breed The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,”...
Sometimes simple solutions are better. It all depends on the nature of the problem. For humpback whales, the problem is...
Our cells have a complex relationship with the body’s microenvironment. It has been studied in the lab, but, to date,...
A new CRISPR-based gene-editing tool has been developed which could lead to better treatments for patients with genetic disorders. The...
