A team of Canadian researchers has reported the first systematic effort to identify and evaluate bacteriophages—viruses that ...

Biofilms—structured communities of microbes encased in a self-produced matrix of proteins, polysaccharides, and extracellular ...

Chemists in Iraq have designed and synthesized a new family of biphenyl-based heterocyclic compounds that display striking ...

Melanoma remains one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat skin cancers, characterized by high incidence, rapid ...

One of the most widely used green tools in modern agriculture may be losing its power in a way few growers have witnessed so ...

Deep beneath the surface of coastal waters, colonies of a small marine invertebrate called Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus ...

A simple, inexpensive squeeze of sugar gel rubbed into a newborn’s cheek has been promoted for more than a decade as a way to ...

Recurrent high-grade glioma remains one of the most formidable challenges in clinical oncology. Glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor in adults, almost invariably ...

A new preclinical study suggests that the next leap in obesity medicine may not come from a single blockbuster molecule, but ...

Parkinson’s disease has long been described in terms of its most visible features: the tremor, the slowed movement, the ...

Forensic scientists in China have developed a compact genetic testing panel that can pick out the faint genetic signature of ...

Every time a viral video explodes across social media, a hidden race begins inside the world’s wireless networks. Millions of ...