Researchers analyzing the bacteria in municipal drinking water find simple measures can increase beneficial bacteria while reducing pathogenic strains.
Researchers analyzing the bacteria in municipal drinking water find simple measures can increase beneficial bacteria while reducing pathogenic strains.
As many as 1,000 different non-native organisms used in the classroom are being released into the wild by school teachers.
A researcher from the John Wayne Cancer Institute has settled his scientific misconduct case with the Office of Research Integrity.
Farmed salmon may have more in common with their more expensive wild-caught counterparts than consumers are led to believe.
August 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the August 2012 issue of The Scientist.
People living on islands in the Norwegian Sea suffer from an unusually high rate of certain genetic diseases and health issues, making the population ripe for research.
Death breeds life in the world’s most diverse and abundant group of animals.
Lymphatic vessels grow towards two chemokines, revealing signals that could be important in cancer metastasis.
At age 16, Alexandra Sourakov has her first scientific publication, on the foraging behavior of butterflies.
Like commensal gut organisms, skin microbiota appear to help the mammalian immune system mature and stay regulated.