Biology

A new benchmarking framework is challenging a hidden weakness in artificial-intelligence research aimed at discovering which drugs might treat which...

Beneath the sun-baked landscape of southeastern Spain, an underground microbial world is being shaped by chemistry that changes from one...

A tropical tree revered in traditional medicine may contain a far more intricate chemical factory than previously understood. In a...

Tiny gold particles carrying genetic targeting molecules have produced a striking two-stage response in leukemia-like cells, briefly quieting key immune...

A simple chemical “sniff test” built from tiny coated patches could help researchers detect the lung-associated pathogen Burkholderia cepacia by...

A small flowering plant has revealed an unexpected genetic route toward combating one of agriculture’s most persistent soilborne diseases. Researchers...

A gene regulator best known for helping Salmonella build its tough, adhesive biofilms may also influence how the pathogen interprets...

A trio of tiny snails collected along China’s coasts and waterways has provided scientists with new genetic clues to one...

Bangladesh River’s Dry-Season Crisis Is Selecting for Microbes Built to Survive Pollution A river supplying drinking water to millions of...

Gallbladder cancer has produced an exceptionally rare and unsettling complication in a 65-year-old man: a spontaneous tunnel from the diseased...