The findings more than double the number of known defense mechanisms, piquing the interests of molecular biology tool developers.
Millions of measurements from 23 people who consumed extra calories every day for a month reveal changes in proteins, metabolites, and gut microbiota that accompany shifts in body mass.
Scientists are beginning to unravel the ways in which we develop a healthy relationship with the bugs in our bodies.
Developmental biologists take a close look at how alligator embryos grow.
Single-cell genome analyses reveal the amount of mutations a human brain cell will collect from its fetal beginnings until death.
Water bears can reanimate after years of desiccation—and gel-forming proteins unique to the animals may explain how.
Bacteria on the tongue’s surface reside in clumps distinguished by genus, unlike the intermingled communities observed in other tissues.
Peering through a microscope since age 14, Joseph Gall, now 89, still sees wonder at the other end.
Brazilian researchers report a relatively large diversity of fungi in marine ecosystems surrounding Antarctica, but warn that climate change could bring unpleasant surprises.
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researcher’s work will help predict how the Arctic is responding to climate change—and the global effects of those changes.
After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.
The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
The 20-year project calls into question the conventional wisdom about the role plants will play in mitigating future climate change.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
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