Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
Plant and fungal symbionts swap more resources with partners that provide a greater return of nutrients.
Scientists discover that ancestors of the unicellular fungi can synthesize essential biomolecules with only trace levels of O2.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
Mothers more likely to have twins have heavier, healthier non-twin babies, possibly explaining why twinning evolved.
A researcher is repeating the controversial experiments that suggested a bacterium used arsenic rather than phosphorus in its DNA—with the world watching.
Researchers identify new mutations in schizophrenia patients without a family history of the disease.
Researchers use directed evolution to create a bacterial strain that substitutes a synthetic base for thymine.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
Pro-evolution bumper stickers and emblems are being removed from the cars of biologists in Florida.
Gut bacteria that feed on healthy food appear to amplify the nutritional benefits of those foods. However, they also appear to amplify the undesirable effects of unhealthy food. Here are a few examples. Read the full story.