In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

diSArm clinical trial is that our phages injected intravenously can home in to the site of infection, penetrate biofilms, infect, and lyse S. aureus. Many deaths post flu, and most likely also ...

Ancient viral DNA in bacteria helps block new infections, offering a potential path to fight antibiotic resistance.

How political ideology and violence can lay waste to scientific achievement, and the resilience and resolve of scientists committed to their mission despite persecution, war and starvation, is the ...

It was the best of interviews, it was the worst of interviews. At times I was born aloft on the wings of enlightenment, other times I feared I would drown in a sludge of foolishness. On the one hand ...

Scientists have developed an experimental mRNA vaccine that, when combined with existing immunotherapy drugs, could 'teach' ...

Soft robots and soft materials are being explored by researchers to advance work in robotics, medicine and health care, and ...

There’s a place in Naples where the ordinary world melts away and you’re suddenly transported across continents without ever showing your passport – the Naples Botanical Garden, a 170-acre wonderland ...

Scientists have successfully created immature human egg-like cells from skin-derived stem cells, a significant step in ...