Researchers uncover a diverse microbial community living beneath 27 meters of ice in Antarctica’s Lake Vida.
Researchers uncover a diverse microbial community living beneath 27 meters of ice in Antarctica’s Lake Vida.
A new study reveals a large mix of microbes in most human belly buttons.
The malaria vaccine under development by GSK and the PATH initiative only protects about one in three babies, though some researchers say those odds are better than nothing.
A third dose of the MMR vaccine given during an intense outbreak appears to have provided herd-immunity to control the spread of the disease.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
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Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Quantitative real-time technology dominates the market today but digital PCR is on the rise.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.