The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
Researchers design a synthetic bacterium that kills the infectious microbe Pseudomonas aeruginosa, sacrificing itself in the process.
Caffeinated drinks may help prevent skin cancer by inhibiting a DNA repair pathway, thus killing potentially precancerous cells.
For the first time, researchers have engineered a multicellular organism that incorporates a synthetic amino acid into its proteins.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
Sheng Wang leaves the Boston University School of Medicine and agrees to retract two published studies.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
A researcher is repeating the controversial experiments that suggested a bacterium used arsenic rather than phosphorus in its DNA—with the world watching.
Researchers identify new mutations in schizophrenia patients without a family history of the disease.