Topic: Biology

Share | One of the hardiest insects around, the cockroach, may hold the key to next-generation antibiotics, British scientists hope.. . The brain...

Ohio Field Trips

Ohio has an abundance of historical sites, museums and nature preserves that cater to schools for field-trip opportunities. Some field-trip...

EDITORIAL: In-hospital infections

A major outbreak hit Teikyo University Hospital in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward, caused by the multiple-drug-resistant bacterium Acinetobacter. . . Since...

INTERVIEW: Stephen P. Diggle

A leading microbiologist talks about the medical and evolutionary implications of a study on "backstabbing...
Some microbes just drag down companions that are working to keep an infection going, researchers...

Swath of red tide found in NY Harbor

A nearly 10-mile-long ribbon of red tide was spotted Monday in New York Harbor, Coast Guard officials said, warning swimmers and boaters to avoid ...
SCIENTISTS HAVE sequenced the complete genetic code of an Irish person for the first time. The 3.1 billion sub-units of DNA that comprise the human...

Inbred bees 'facing extinction'

Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests.. . The lack of genetic diversity...
A surface molecule on bacteria that instructs bone cells to die could be the target for new treatments for bone disease, says a scientist speaking...
In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that conditional small RNA molecules can effectively kill lab-grown human brain, prostate and bone...