Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes
Venom-based drugs for pain; microbes in the deep ocean; altruistic, suicidal bacteria; a call for open access; clinical sequencing; the newest genomes
Does the preference of many scientists to only hear talks from successful institutions limit the reach of innovation?
Researchers show that a bacterium’s self-sacrifice can benefit its community, even when the members are not strongly related.
A presidential bioethics commission lays out the framework for testing the anthrax vaccine in children.
Next-generation sequencing diagnostics are already being used, and patients are ready.
Researchers find remarkably active bacteria in the Mariana Trench, where they live under pressure 1,000 times greater than at the surface.
The sculptures of Mara G. Haseltine's new exhibition tell a tale of beautiful oceans ravaged by pollution.
Artist Mara G. Haseltine unveils her latest exhibition of science-inspired sculpture, a melancholy ode to marine plankton set to the music of Puccini.
Disgruntled Nobel loser sues; brain trauma researchers search for biomarker of a chronic condition; receptor for novel coronavirus found; the rise of transcriptomics; and ethical oversight of participant-led research
Rock samples from deep within the Earth’s oceanic crust contain chemosynthetic microbial life.