A new estimate of eukaryotic diversity suggests a total of 8.7 million species. So far, scientists have discovered only 1.2 million of them.
A new estimate of eukaryotic diversity suggests a total of 8.7 million species. So far, scientists have discovered only 1.2 million of them.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
Fossils discovered in Australian rocks may be the remnants of three and a half billion-year-old microorganisms.
A new database helps scientist predict new uses for existing drugs.
The social media site enforces its rule that pages should allow social interaction through comments, even on drug company pages.
Waste from pharmaceutical factories is finding its way to the world’s waterways, and affecting the sexual attributes of local fish.
Two newly described fossils suggest that wood is some 10 million years older than previous believed.
Scientists discover that ancestors of the unicellular fungi can synthesize essential biomolecules with only trace levels of O2.
Mothers more likely to have twins have heavier, healthier non-twin babies, possibly explaining why twinning evolved.
Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.