The ocean is full of invisible workers. Trillions of microbes quietly break down carbon-containing organic matter, which ...
A new advance in animal husbandry involving a popular aquarium fish should speed the pace of discovery in laboratory studies ...
Although the researchers did not create an entire cell that could function without a crucial building block, the findings ...
The immune system is so important, but it is also important to keep it under proper control. Some people can fight off a ...
Why do some people recover easily from bacterial infections while others rapidly deteriorate into life-threatening sepsis?
New research reveals a potential link between the gut microbes of a fish and global ocean processes, offering new insight into how marine ecosystems help regulate ocean chemistry and the marine carbon ...
Some of Earth’s tiniest life-forms inhabit slowly sinking particles of fish poop and debris, playing a crucial role in ocean carbon storage ...
The National Cancer Center Research Institute in Tokyo reports that a newly isolated gut bacterium, designated Hominenteromicrobium strain YB328, mobilizes specialized dendritic cells to strengthen ...
A team of scientists is trying to jumpstart a global conservation movement, on par with efforts to save the rainforests or protect the oceans. But it might be even more ambitious because the target of ...