Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

As we stand on the precipice of a scientific revolution, researchers are pushing the boundaries of biology by developing ...

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has discovered a new class of bacterial mobile genetic elements that use giant viruses—known as jumbo phages—to move between cells. The ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...