A look at some of biology’s communication networks
Discoveries of microbial communities that transfer electrons between cells and across relatively long distances are launching a new field of microbiology.
Researchers find zero evidence for Lyme-induced autism.
Double helix celebrates 60; detecting calories without taste; bacteria vs. tumor; perceptual consciousness in babies
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
A newly developed drug, modeled after a bacteria-infecting virus, is less likely to become antibiotic resistant.
Ailing Cape Cod marshes are recovering with the arrival of European green crabs.
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Satellites of the Golgi apparatus generate the microtubules used to grow outer dendrite branches in Drosophila neurons.
A tactic designed to nab repeat offenders also pinpoints the source of infectious diseases and invasive species.