‘Superbug’ bacteria gang up on us, fueled by antibiotic use, nursing home study suggests

What's worse than getting exposed to a kind of bacteria that modern antibiotics can't kill? Getting…

Queens control worker reproduction without castration in stingless bee species

Study contradicts the view that worker bees are forcibly castrated by the queen among the 600-odd…

Microscope invented at marine biological laboratory illuminates chromosomal ‘dark matter’

Biologists, instrument developers, and computational scientists have for the first time measured the density of a…

Forest regeneration experiment of 30 years yields results

A spruce forest regeneration experiment in Interior Alaska that spanned nearly 30 years demonstrates which forest…

In mice, calorie restriction reduces fat but increases fur

Calorie restriction may help mice stay slim and live longer, but it also means less fat…

‘Missing link’ explains how viruses trigger immunity

A new discovery has solved a longstanding mystery of how viruses trigger protective immunity within our…

Reversing the negative effects of adolescent marijuana use

Researchers have identified a specific mechanism in the prefrontal cortex for some of the negative mental…

New way to stabilize next-generation fusion plasmas

Recent experiments conducted on the DIII-D National Fusion Facility suggest that up to 40 percent of…

Magnetic cellular ‘Legos’ for the regenerative medicine of the future

By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells and developing a system using miniaturized magnets, researchers have succeeded…

Historic legacies affect climate change survival in Caribbean

Discussion of climate change has failed to pay enough attention to the social, political and historic…