A new study shows that grooming by ants promotes colony-wide resistance to fungal infections by transferring small amounts of pathogen to nestmates.
A new study shows that grooming by ants promotes colony-wide resistance to fungal infections by transferring small amounts of pathogen to nestmates.
A cancer researcher charged with scientific misconduct in 2011 may have the right to present his defenseāa rare occurrence under current regulations.
March 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the March 2012 issue of The Scientist.
Michael Miller is found guilty of research misconduct, having misconstrued data in four NIH grants, two papers, and one manuscript.
Infection by GFP-encoding viruses enables quick, easy detection of tuberculosis in patient samples.
Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.
The US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity explains why it recommended redacting the details of studies reporting on a highly transmissible H5N1 strain.
An attempt to regrow the infamous GFAJ-1 bacteria, reported to incorporate arsenic into its DNA backbone, has failed.
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