Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
Long-term exposure to antibiotics from agricultural run off may encourage the evolution of soil bacteria that break down and consume the antibacterial agents.
Breeding plants that can convert more carbon dioxide to food could help feed a growing population.
A hormone called jasmonate mediates plants' responses to touch and can boost defenses against pests.
The poxvirus stockpiles genes when it needs to adapt.
In the largest microbial eukaryote genetic sequencing effort ever attempted, researchers are investigating the transcriptomes of 700 marine algae species.
Researchers uncover a diverse microbial community living beneath 27 meters of ice in Antarctica’s Lake Vida.
The star of Thanksgiving was domesticated by Mayans 1,000 years earlier than previously thought.
A deadly bacterial disease is knocking at the door of a crucial collection of coconut palms in Papua New Guinea.
A new study reveals a large mix of microbes in most human belly buttons.