A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has overcome a major constraint for cutting and editing DNA...
The amazing survival strategies of polar marine creatures might help to explain how the first animals on Earth could have...
A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists...
Developing countries around the globe face a challenge that pits economic growth against environmental protection. As they expand their agricultural...
A large-scale study of 47 species of monkeys and lemurs has found that climate change and deforestation are driving these...
Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research led...
What exactly are the molecular interactions between the virus causing COVID-19 and its human host? How might our genetic differences...
Awareness of non-native—often called “invasive”—species has vastly increased over the past half-century, to the point where anyone with a green...
A common misconception is that viruses become milder over time as they become endemic within a population. Yet new research,...
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Switzerland. Among the different types of cancers, non-small cell lung cancer...
Trying to decipher all of the factors that influence the behavior of complex ecological communities can be a daunting task....
In a rare disease called mucolipidosis type II, people’s hearts and abdomens swell, and their bones grow malformed. A lysosomal...












