"The activity of microorganisms in soil has the potential to alleviate or worsen climate change, so we need to form predictions regarding their activities,” researcher says

A national consortium of clinical geneticists is studying the ins and outs of potentially using genome sequencing for newborn health screenings and beyond

Researchers hope to give growers tools to anticipate extreme weather such as severe heat or dry spells during the various phases of crop development.

University of Washington oceanographers have now found that vitamin B-12 exists in two distinct versions in the oceans

The work may someday lead to new therapies for pancreatitis

The researchers developed a method using an ultrasound-mediated chemical process to combine the metals titanium, aluminum, and boron with a sprinkle of hydrogen in a mixed-metal nanopowder fuel

A research team reports photo-clickable miRNAs as probes for intracellular target identification of miRNAs

Too ubiquitous to be a signal, it turns out to be—a signal

New study suggests policies could miss some of the most diverse forests because there is no clear connection between the number of tree species in a forest and how much carbon that forest stores

Large study finds machines that emit the UV light can cut transmission of four major super bugs by a cumulative 30 percent

“Since the discovery of the DNA double helix more than 50 years ago, helicase’s activity in preparing DNA for replication has been poorly understood,” says researcher

The research is a major step forward for efforts to study the genetic basis of adaptation and evolution