Researchers uncover a diverse microbial community living beneath 27 meters of ice in Antarctica’s Lake Vida.
Researchers uncover a diverse microbial community living beneath 27 meters of ice in Antarctica’s Lake Vida.
A new study reveals a large mix of microbes in most human belly buttons.
The malaria vaccine under development by GSK and the PATH initiative only protects about one in three babies, though some researchers say those odds are better than nothing.
A third dose of the MMR vaccine given during an intense outbreak appears to have provided herd-immunity to control the spread of the disease.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
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Enhancing data collection from emulsion PCR reactions: three case studies
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Two-tone fluorescent tags track the movement and life span of proteins within living cells.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.