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Perri Thaler • February 17, 2025
A new experiment pushes biocomputers closer to reality. For some applications, they may be better than silicon
Marta Hill • February 10, 2025
Bacteria in the Comamonas family can make progress at degrading PET plastics, new study shows
Casey Crownhart • February 4, 2021
Enzymatic recycling might offer a new method of recycling water bottles and other plastics, researchers say
Ethan Freedman • January 28, 2021
How a neglected sourdough starter can go from a bubbling yeast factory to a smelly, moldy mess
Niko McCarty • November 17, 2020
A new method to stitch together DNA can assemble a virus genome in one day
Jonathan Moens • August 5, 2020
Some philosophers argue that consciousness pervades the universe. But not everyone is convinced.
Taylor White • February 3, 2020
Researchers are still looking for ways to eliminate deadly infections and copper hospital beds may help
Rahul Rao • January 24, 2020
Drug resistance is spreading to marine wildlife, and the dangers to both animals and humans are real
Leto Sapunar • December 21, 2019
The human microbiome is overflowing with more genetic information than we thought
Isobel Whitcomb • November 16, 2018
Early next year, the Allahabad Kumbh Mela festival in India will attract 150 million pilgrims — and even more drug-resistant microbes
Nell Durfee • May 25, 2018
Or, how I came to believe in the regulation change that keeps me eating delicious dairy products without fear.
Lucy Hicks • March 9, 2018
The biology behind the rare “tampon disease,” toxic shock syndrome
Matthew Phelan • March 7, 2018
In many ways, these little microbes are better prepared for space travel than we are
Brianna Abbott • January 22, 2018
Yes, it's as messy as it sounds
Jen Monnier • November 29, 2017
Insight into the disease’s ancient origins points toward the causes of the current epidemic