New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Mice fed a mix of six strains of bacteria were able to fight a C. difficile infection that causes deadly diarrhea and is resistant to most types of treatment.
Individuals of a newly discovered microbe species line up end-to-end to form electron transport cables many times their length.
The federal government tightens regulations on SARS and other deadly viruses, but the changes could hamper research.
A parasitic worm accumulates epigenetic DNA tags over its lifetime.
In mutating to evade immune detection, HIV becomes susceptible to detection by different antibodies, suggesting new strategies for vaccination.
Wild animals are getting and spreading the deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
J. Craig Venter plans to develop a machine to find and sequence DNA on Mars, but another genomics mogul, Jonathan Rothberg, may beat him to it.