Dolichospermum, a type of cyanobacteria thriving in Lake Erie’s warming waters, has been identified as the surprising culprit behind the lake’s dangerous saxitoxins—some of the most potent natural ...

The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed ...

A new study has found that advances in whole- genome sequencing are enabling earlier diagnoses for children with rare genetic ...

Three-year-old Nathaniel Clayton started having problems with his vision when he was just six months old. After numerous ...

Now, researchers have found that advances in the field over just a few years have led to families getting answers sooner and more children are receiving a diagnosis. The parents of three-year-old ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

Genomic analysis of more than 2,700 dog and wolf genomes shows that most modern dogs carry small traces of post-domestication ...

In five years since AlphaFold's debut, it has transformed basic biochemical research. But its long-term effect on drug ...

Cornell (NY, USA) researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move ...

Single-cell genome sequencing techniques have recently emerged, enabling high-throughput transcriptome profiling at the level of individual cells. Among ...

When looking at the cat remains that were thought to have arrived to the West about 6,000 years ago, the researchers realized ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery ...