Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian ...

A new study shows air can carry DNA from wildlife, allergens, and drugs — all traced using a simple air filter.

A research group in Korea has discovered a novel natural antimicrobial peptide, "Hirunipin-2," from the salivary glands of ...

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3958, United States Article ...

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive ...

Environmental DNA from the air, captured with simple air filters, can track everything from illegal drugs to the wildlife it was originally designed to study.

Scientists have reported use of antibacterial coatings made from resilin-mimetic proteins to fully block bacteria from attaching to a surface. A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to ...

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