Meet the bacterium that pulls gold ions out of solution and forms tiny nuggets of the precious metal.
Meet the bacterium that pulls gold ions out of solution and forms tiny nuggets of the precious metal.
A handful of species have learned how to survive in freezing climates. To do so, the animals must counteract the damaging effects of ice crystal formation, or keep from freezing altogether. Here are a few ways they do it.
Animals and plants come in a dizzying array of colors. Current research is cracking into the remarkable structures behind nature's artistic display.
Histones stored on lipid droplets in fly embryos provide a backup supply when newly synthesized ones are lacking.
Tracking the genetic diversity and evolution of rhinoviruses can lead to a better understanding of viral evolution, the common cold, and more dangerous infections.
Researchers are working to understand how often-colorless biological nanostructures give rise to some of the most spectacular technicolor displays in nature.
Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs
Adolescent rats exposed to stress grow into pathologically aggressive adults, behaviors that may be explained by accompanying epigenetic changes and altered brain activity.
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.