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?
How plastid genetic information survived (or didn’t) the endosymbiotic experience
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.
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.
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
Tracking the shadows cast by sperm reveals their precise 3-D movements.
Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
After undergoing untested cosmetic surgery that uses stem cells to rejuvenate skin, a woman grew bone fragments in the flesh around one of her eyes.
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012