Using an artificial selection paradigm, researchers watch as unicellular yeast evolve into snowflake-like clusters with distinct multicellular characteristics.
Using an artificial selection paradigm, researchers watch as unicellular yeast evolve into snowflake-like clusters with distinct multicellular characteristics.
An incurable form of tuberculosis has turned up on the subcontinent.
For at least one species of octopus, all it takes is a little RNA editing.
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For the first time, researchers culture a bacteria that uses a magnetic sulfide compound to navigate.
Researchers use whole-genome sequencing to keep tabs on the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.