Turning cell phones into basic research tools can improve health care in the developing world.
Turning cell phones into basic research tools can improve health care in the developing world.
Researchers use DNA from ancient tooth tartar to chart changes in the bacterial communities that have lived in human mouths for 8,000 years.
As new infections surface and spread, science meets the challenges with ingenuity and adaptation.
Pregnant mice exposed to the chemical used in many plastics have offspring with behavioral abnormalities.
Long-term stroke patients involved in a small-scale clinical trial of a neural stem-cell therapy show signs of recovery.
Scientists find the molecule that delivers itchiness signals to the brain via a dedicated, and previously unknown, neural pathway.
Researchers discover a microbe living at -15°C, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, giving hope to the search for life elsewhere in the cosmos.
Chilly weather could impede the immune reactions that most effectively contain viruses like the common cold.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
For the first time, researchers visualize zebrafish memory retrieval in real time.