Individuals of a newly discovered microbe species line up end-to-end to form electron transport cables many times their length.
Individuals of a newly discovered microbe species line up end-to-end to form electron transport cables many times their length.
Genes from fungi, bacteria, and viruses may have helped mosses and other plants to colonize the land.
A unique organism sighted only once, more than a century ago, could shed light on the evolution of multicellularity—if it ever actually existed.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Epigenetic changes accrued over an organism’s lifetime may leave a permanent heritable mark on the genome, through the help of long noncoding RNAs.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
A seventh patient succumbs to a deadly, drug-resistant superbug terrorizing the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
Friendly sinus bacteria may keep sinusitis-causing strains in check.