Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
In Chapter 4, “Darwin’s Barnacles, Agassiz’s Jellyfish,” author Christoph Irmscher describes his subject’s obsession with marine organisms.
One, two, three, four . . . . Counting colonies and plaques can be tedious, but tools exist to streamline the process.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin’s unheralded codiscoverer of the theory of evolution by natural selection, found inspiration in the specimens he collected on his travels.
Libyan scientists, soon to be trained in countries around the world, are undertaking a massive search mission to find missing loved ones among thousands of dead bodies, casualties of the country’s recent popular revolution.
A virus that infects a crop-killing fungus can spread freely, opening the possibility of its use as a fungicide.
NIH researcher Roberto Romero describes the recent discovery of genetic elemetns that contribute to the risk of preterm birth.
American naturalist Louis Agassiz had a zeal for collecting that encouraged a nation to engage with nature.
Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.