Combining antibiotics with bioactive drug compounds can improve antibacterial activity, breathing new life into antibiotics weakened by growing bacterial resistance.

Combining antibiotics with bioactive drug compounds can improve antibacterial activity, breathing new life into antibiotics weakened by growing bacterial resistance

Scientists are beginning to unravel how non-coding DNA works across long distances of the genome to influence disease

Researchers observe sea anemone embryos fuse to form chimeric organisms, adding to evidence that chimerism may occur commonly in nature

An art exhibition at The New York Botanical Garden highlights our modern reliance on plants and the need to conserve them

Two microbiologists speculate about the possibilities for developing therapeutics that affect human microbial communities

Altering microbial enzymes can lead to more powerful drugs that are effective against bacteria resistant to traditional antibiotics

A documentary centered on Ernst Haeckel's drawings of radiolarians sets the unity of art and science in motion

Cave-dwelling fish sleep less than their open-water relatives, challenging the idea that variation in sleep patterns is driven by cognition and brain function

For the first time, scientists identify algae living inside the cells of a vertebrate, but what are they doing there?

Editor's choice in immunology

Editor's choice in microbiology