Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
Heat-sensing protein channels in vampire bats allow the flying mammals to find the best place to sink their teeth into their prey.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
The well-studied hormone functions as a neurotransmitter in the brains of zebra finches.
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Pro-evolution bumper stickers and emblems are being removed from the cars of biologists in Florida.
Sequencing the DNA of individual neurons is a way to dissect the genes underlying major neurological and psychological disorders.
As the planet warms plant growth will likely increase—locking up some of that extra carbon dioxide by converting it into vegetative biomass—but that’s not the whole story. In addition to direct effects of rising temperatures and altered rainfall, mor
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New research suggests that the flow of carbon through plants to underground ecosystems may be crucial to how the environment responds to climate change.