A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic ...

The project provides a baseline for tracking microbial-population shifts with land-use changes and global warming.

When your hair starts to gray, it’s easy to blame stress, age, or bad genes. But a new study from Japan suggests that those fading pigments may also be a biological shield. New research suggests that ...

Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer ...

Thousands of open cut mines lie abandoned worldwide, while more stringent mine site rehabilitation laws in Australia are ...

A pilot study from Bournemouth University found six regulatory DNA variants – some inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

Oxidative stress is caused by an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the ability of the ...

Scientists found that childhood BK virus infections may cause DNA damage in the urinary tract, potentially leading to bladder ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

Researchers recreated conditions from billions of years ago and found that Earth’s young atmosphere could make key molecules ...

A team of researchers has discovered that latent antimicrobial resistance is more widespread across the world than known resistance. They call for broader surveillance of resistance in wastewater, as ...