Vibrant coral reefs teeming with marine life are diminishing throughout the Caribbean as global temperatures rise. Coral reefs are habitats...
Plasmids have extensive use in basic and applied biology. These small, circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce...
What does a modern combine harvester and a Diplodocus have in common? One answer, it seems, may be their big...
Hybrid agricultural and horticultural crops can play an important role in supporting global food security. They produce higher yields and...
The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR has accelerated biological and medical research in the last decade by allowing scientists to...
Just as it’s hard to understand a conversation without knowing its context, it can be difficult for biologists to grasp...
A human rights activist and a group of anthropologists and human biologists are casting a critical lens on the way...
What will happen to the world’s forests in a warming world? Will increased atmospheric carbon dioxide help trees grow? Or...
Genetic studies have revealed many genes linked to both common and rare disease, but to understand how those genes bring...
Researchers from ETH Zurich, University Hospital of Bern and the University of Bern have equipped gut bacteria with data logger...
Imagine sitting at a meeting where the shape of the table and your place at it might impact how you...
It is humbling to realize that we humans share about 70% of our genes with zebrafish. There are also a...
