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DNA is typically found within chromosomes, but certain tumors store cancer-promoting genes outside of chromosomes as ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

If the United States does not lead in emerging biotechnologies, our adversaries will, writes GOP Sen. Todd Young of Indiana.

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The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

Ahead of a new album and world tour, "The Offspring", the Orange County punk group that rose to fame in the 90s, sat down to ...

When it comes to teaching biology, however, how do we explain microscopic processes like viral infections to students in the ...

Streambeds are key sites for removal of nutrients and other contaminants through microbial processes, but are limited by diffusion, which can now be modeled from streambed physical properties.

The article, based on a study of young earthworms exposed to various hypergravity conditions for eight days, was authored by ...