Authors claim respiration-mass relationship differs between plants and animals, but others argue "universal" theory of scaling still holds

Study suggests similar pairings may characterize other genetic interactions

Researchers report that the non-coding RNAs influence protein synthesis at synapses

New analysis rejects earlier claim that balancing selection protected prehistoric people from prion disease after cannibalistic feasts

FEATURESave in the Lab By Melissa Lee PhillipsAs a graduate student and postdoc, Doug Juers never hadto worry about money; he worked in Howard HughesMedical Institute-funded labs that were flush with cash.Since recently joining the departments of physics andbiophysics, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Whitman Collegein Walla Walla, Wash., however, Juers has had to learn

Researchers find antibody and RNA evidence that three fruit bat species harbor Ebola virus

Critics say there are many holes left to fill; U.S. government defends proposal

Scientists in countries with the most restrictive policies on research cloning may not be able to take advantage of the international consortium based in South Korea, which was hailed last month as a means to provide stem cells to researchers living in restrictive environments.

American stem cell scientists reluctant to move forward with U.S.-Korea collaborations

Drosophila gene uses cell death to produce sexually dimorphic neural circuitry

Canadians and Germans left out of Korean stem cell hub, but most of U.S. permits import

Drosophila non-coding DNA exhibits both negative and positive selection