The nanoscale structure of a clanger cicada’s wings destroys threatening microbes on contact.
The nanoscale structure of a clanger cicada’s wings destroys threatening microbes on contact.
If African-American researchers are ever to gain equal opportunities in science, even subtle cases of differential treatment must be stamped out.
The method to the dengue virus's maddening infectiousness.
A chance encounter with a crab apple tree leads to the discovery of a new bacterial species and clues to the evolution of insect endosymbionts.
Systems biologist Lone Gram describes her approach to combing the oceans for novel compounds that may be useful in the fight against pathogens.
In Chapter 1, “The Coldest Case,” author and criminal profiler Pat Brown sets the scene for her quest to prove that the Egyptian queen did not commit suicide.
The Undead, Frankenstein's Cat, The Universe Within, and Physics in Mind
Uranium dating of coral tools used by the earliest settlers of the South Pacific island kingdom of Tonga offers unprecedented precision in reconstructing their history.
A reexamination of the facts surrounding the death of Cleopatra VII reveals that the Egyptian queen was murdered—and not by an asp.
A normally land-based microbiologist sets sail to find the building blocks of novel antibiotics in marine bacteria.