The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
The Asian harlequin ladybird carries a biological weapon to wipe out competing species.
Symbiotic fungi on the roots of bean plants can act as an underground signaling network, transmitting early warnings of impending aphid attacks.
The decline of a population of Arctic foxes isolated on a small Russian island may be due to mercury pollution from their diet of seabirds and seals.
Research Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Age: 27
Previously unknown poisonous compounds isolated from a new species of mushroom may be responsible for the deaths of hundreds in China, but precisely how the fungus killed its victims is not clear.
Sorting out T-cell functional and phenotypic heterogeneity depends on studying single cells.
Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.
Researchers are using modern experimental tools to probe the mysterious molecular pathways that lead to premature labor and birth.
Researchers in the Amazon are measuring how much carbon dioxide fertilizes the rainforest.
The President’s 2014 budget includes a windfall for the NSF and cuts to the CDC.