David Liu, Joel Habener, and Alberto Ascherio are among recipients of this year's six Breakthrough Prizes, the "Oscars of ...

Beyond its role in the initiation of digestion, the oral microbiome appears to be key to maintaining both oral and systemic ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

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Advances recognized by science’s most lucrative awards include high-energy physics experiments and groundbreaking weight-loss ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

This happens because a key protein expressed by one of the genes forms a structure around an important protein encoded by the phage's genome, thereby blocking the phage's ability to copy its DNA ...

they form a structure that shields and hides valuable DNA material. Phages use this genetic material to develop a nucleus inside their bacterial hosts. The newly discovered compartment ...

“DNA extracted from two pastoralist women who were buried at the rock shelter around 7,000 years ago reveals that most of their ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North ...