Johns Hopkins engineers have helped develop and characterize an artificial protein that triggers the same response in the human body...
Scientists have found a counterintuitive wrinkle in the way bacteria spread antibiotic-resistant genes through small circular pieces of DNA called...
Could the lives of the eight billion people currently on Earth have depended on the resilience of just 1,280 human...
A database tracking hospital admissions and deaths reveals the devastating impact cars, disease and dogs are having on the South...
Researchers at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) have found that Aspergillus fumigatus produces more meiotic crossovers than any other organism....
Farmers across the United States will be able to monitor their crops in real time, thanks to a novel algorithm...
Satellite observations of one of the world’s biggest ecological experiments on the island of Borneo have revealed that replanting logged...
North Carolina State University researchers have successfully transferred an important gene from one compartment of a plant cell to another...
A volunteer seaweed removal program involving citizen scientists has seen a dramatic improvement of up to 600% coral regrowth off...
The gene editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 has allowed researchers to make precise and impactful changes to an organism’s DNA to fix...
In the frigid waters surrounding Antarctica, an unusual seasonal cycle occurs. During winter, from March to October, the sun barely...
The European starling boasts a remarkable repertoire. Versatile songbirds that learn warbles, whistles, calls, and songs throughout their lives, starlings...
