As ecotourism becomes more popular, wild apes are succumbing to human diseases.
As ecotourism becomes more popular, wild apes are succumbing to human diseases.
Dried plant specimens reveal the origin of an insect pest that has spread throughout Europe.
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Nanotechnology will offer doctors new ways to diagnose and treat patients, boosting efficiency and slashing costs.
In fewer than 15 years, nanomedicine has gone from fantasy to reality.
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A handful of life science researchers will take home the United States' top science honor.
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A German ethics council weighs in on the discussion about the use of human-animal chimeras in research.