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The editor-in-chief will step down this month following the release of a podcast in February that suggested systemic racism does not exist in medicine.

Rather than being described by the location of where they emerged or an alphanumeric code, variants will be given a Greek letter.

The recent news of consumers hoarding gasoline in the face of a brief closure of one of the world’s biggest petroleum pipelines is just the latest episode of panic buying since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Projects aimed at collecting big data about the ocean’s tiniest life forms continue to expand our view of the seas.

A study finds that fast-growing species are stymied by narrow gaps, while slower-growing species can pass through and continue extending.

A chronically stressed amygdala can prime the heart to overreact to acute stress events, a new study shows.

The New Mexico State University soil microbiologist uses molecular tools to understand how fungi are adapting to a warming world and what that might mean for global nutrient cycles.

Ruth Ella Moore had a trailblazing career, overcoming barriers of racism and sexism as she pursued her interest in microbiology.

Scientists use a protein found in mucus membranes to ferry vaccines to the lymph nodes.

Several labs have reported the formation of bacterial nanotubes under different, often contrasting conditions. What are these structures and why are they so hard to reproduce?

More and more people are traveling around the world to watch the luminous displays of fireflies, but tourism-related light pollution and habitat degradation threaten to snuff out the insects at some locations.  

Sound from cars, aircraft, trains, and other man-made machines is more than just annoying. It increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.