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Although it’s far less populated than the mouth community that helps feed it, researchers increasingly appreciate the role of the lung microbiome in respiratory health.

Researchers identify a network of a dozen transcription factors needed to maintain the pluripotent state of mouse embryonic stem cells. 

An innate immune pathway stimulates the activity of heat-producing adipose tissue in mice.

The gut bacterial communities of severely malnourished children appear to be less developed than those of healthy children, a study on Bangladeshi infants and toddlers finds.

Researchers modify a heat-loving bacterium so it can produce biofuel from switchgrass directly, with no need for costly chemical and enzymatic treatments.

Researchers present a tool that uses a scientist’s PubMed data to estimate the probability of becoming a principal investigator in academia.

Drinking green tea appears to boost the activity of DNA repair enzymes.

Using just three dopaminergic neurons, Drosophila larvae can sense whether a food source lacks a full roster of essential amino acids.

Researchers unmask a gene that protects C. elegans from lifespan-shrinking metabolic byproducts.

Not one to shy away from controversy, Bruce Ames has pitted himself against industry groups, environmentalists, and his peers through his work identifying DNA mutagens. And he’s not done yet.

Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, Age: 32

The Green Revolution of the 20th century began with Norman Borlaug’s development of a short-statured, large-grained wheat.