'Friend or foe' bacteria kill their algal hosts when coexisting is no longer beneficial

Scientists have detailed a lifestyle switch that occurs in marine bacteria, where they change from coexisting…

Study offers first glimpse of how many suffer from previously unknown illness

About 13,200 men and another 2,300 women in the United States over age 50 are estimated…

Economics trump environment to save big cats, say ecologists

Rapid economic growth has pushed rare species of big carnivores to the brink of extinction, but…

Power of cancer drugs may see boost by targeting newly ID'd pathway

Researchers have identified a previously unknown signaling pathway cells use to protect their DNA while it…

Traffic pollution impairs brain function

A new study has shown that common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function…

Altered speech may be the first sign of Parkinson's disease

Researchers attempted to identify early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease using voice data. In their study, the…

Reducing steel corrosion vital to combating climate change

Every year, the United States spends nearly a trillion dollars fighting metallic corrosion, an electrochemical reaction…

Botany: Chloroplast from the father

Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on…

Genome editing procedures optimized

Scientists succeed in boosting the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 and related methods and modifying initially inaccessible DNA…

Co-creating health for humanity: New trends in pharmaceutical interorganizational deals

Discovering new drugs has become increasingly rare for independent large pharmaceutical companies in recent times. Almost…