Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science says labeling genetically modified food products would be misleading.
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.
Research spending dropped $4 billion dollars in 2011, and could continue to drop, according to a new report.
Individuals of a newly discovered microbe species line up end-to-end to form electron transport cables many times their length.
A handful of French science academies and government agencies add to a growing chorus of doubts that genetically modified corn causes tumors and early death in rats.
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.