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He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...
Nearly 20 beaches across Massachusetts are closed on Tuesday as temperatures are expected to soar. There are 17 total closures, according to the state’s Department of Public Health (DPH).
At more than 470 times the atmospheric concentration of CO₂, a humble soil bacterium does something extraordinary: it turns gas into stone.
Researchers recently identified bacteria in Crete producing metabolites that quickly kill mosquito larvae in lab tests.
It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and ...
Not all E. coli causes illness, but some strains can be extremely harmful, according to the CT River Conservancy.
Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...
Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.