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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that tiny photosynthetic bacteria band together into ...

I have this idea of a communal brain.” David Baker, PhD, told me as I sat in his office at the University of Washington (UW) ...

The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

Yet most of these microbes have never been named, let alone understood. That gap is now shrinking. The change comes in part ...

JANESVILLE — The fifth Annual Parker Showcase on Monday was a continuing celebration of the work Parker students do in and out of the classroom, according to Zach Pratt. The program’s director is an ...

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of drastically speeding up drug discovery - and, in early tests, it has already designed a ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with States Newsroom. It is part of the Grist series Vital Signs, exploring the ways climate change affects your health. This reporting initiative is ...

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You can download and 3D print the little spaceman from Project Hail Mary, and it's inspiring, like the movie itself. James has been writing about technology for years ...

Researchers are engineering bacteria to invade tumors and consume them from the inside. Because tumor cores lack oxygen, they’re the perfect breeding ground for these microbes. The team added a ...

A new study pinpoints two species of bacteria that work together to dry out the lining of the gut and cause constipation It is as unfortunate an ailment as it is ubiquitous: at some point in our life, ...