All living beings have their own unique ways of communicating. Different species of flora and fauna use sounds, signals or stimuli to communicate their needs and/or alert each other of dangers. Plants ...

It's unclear why colon cancer cases have doubled in people under 55 over the past two decades, a staggering rise that has ...

Scientists have a new clue in the mystery of why younger people are getting more colon cancer. It may have to do with a toxin ...

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Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health. When antibiotics don't work, we risk not being able to treat many types of infections and people who would previously have been cured, can ...

A bacteria killing coating created by scientists has been used in trials of a new paint that can be applied to a range of surfaces to effectively kill bacteria and viruses, including difficult to kill ...

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

Empowering undergraduates to think critically about science in the media and society. A revolution is quietly unfolding in the field of evolutionary biology, challenging entrenched paradigms and ...

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

Mindy Weisberger’s book, Rise of the Zombie Bugs, explores the sophisticated—and macabre—relationships between zombifying ...

The newly discovered bacteria may be able to metabolize pollutants in the ... so there may be some interesting genes of value ...