Despite decades of work, compounds in frog skins have failed to yield new antibiotics. Why?
Despite decades of work, compounds in frog skins have failed to yield new antibiotics. Why?
Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
Scientists set up a stakeout to track the movements of microbes around a new hospital.
Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?
Gregory Hannon believes in taking risks—an approach that’s enabled him to make exciting new discoveries in the world of small RNAs.
Tracking the shadows cast by sperm reveals their precise 3-D movements.
Searching for life beyond our teeming planet has led to some innovative collaborative approaches to generating knowledge right here at home.
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.