New research suggests that the average person has about 20 genes with loss-of-function mutations—many more than previously suspected.

Epidemiologists consider how social media could be harnessed to predict disease outbreaks.

Two steps help Drosophila melanogaster larvae survive freezing conditions.

Infection by GFP-encoding viruses enables quick, easy detection of tuberculosis in patient samples.

Radiation in Fukushima Prefecture is reducing bird populations less than 1 year since the nuclear disaster.

Observers see grant application fraud as evidence that tighter controls preventing duplicate funding are necessary.

Only a quarter of Clostridium difficile infections in one hospital system were traced to contact with a symptomatic patient.

Scientists question data-gathering methods in a new study that estimates a doubling in global malaria deaths.

The Scandinavian country commences an initiative to bring gene sequencing to cancer treatment.

New research suggests that circular RNA transcripts are not as rare as previously thought.

A new study estimates the number of generations necessary to evolve from mouse-sized to elephantine, and shows that it’s quicker to get small.

Digital textbooks finally coming into their own.