Although we often conceive of microorganisms — germs — as bad, the vast majority of them are not.

Professor Tim Coulson describes evolution as a gradual process that alters living organisms over generations. The mechanism ...

Liverwort uses hair-like rhizoids to collect phosphorus from its surroundings and deliver it to where it is needed. This Kobe ...

CRISPR gene drives bias inheritance in pests, advancing population-level control while raising questions about resistance and ...

Coined forever chemicals due to the years it takes for them to break down, PFAS are 'a group of thousands of human-made ...

Knowing which genes are responsible for the transformations could help with developing antifungal treatments, and may have other pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Liverwort uses hair-like rhizoids to collect phosphorus from its surroundings and deliver it to where it is needed. This Kobe University discovery ...

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular self-replication, and the emergence of membranes.

New research challenges the one-level view of evolution, showing natural selection works on individuals and groups together.

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...