For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

A scaling law relates the expected number of mutants to the total population size of cells in a spatially constrained but ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

A scaling law relates the expected number of mutants to the total population size of cells in a spatially constrained but growing population, which ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

A new study shows that bacterial cell wall molecules, specifically peptidoglycan, are present in the brain and fluctuate with ...

Human fertility hinges on a delicate molecular ballet that begins even before birth. UC Davis researchers have uncovered how special protein networks safeguard chromosomes as eggs and sperm form, ...

The research is opening new frontiers in pest control and evolutionary biology. An international group of scientists has uncovered a strange tubular structure within Profftella, a bacterium that lives ...

Carnegie Mellon scientists create AggreBots, tiny lung-cell robots powered by cilia with controlled motility.Word excerpt: ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened ...

The Secret Service’s takedown in New York sheds light on a type of threat that is both technically fascinating and deeply ...

What causes us to sleep? The answer may lie not only in our brains, but in their complex interplay with the microorganisms ...