Imagine that plants could tell us exactly when they're stressed, infected, or being eaten by insects, by lighting up. A new study led by Dr. Karen Sarkisyan, Head of the Synthetic Biology group at the ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

X-ray of a lambari fish contaminated with carbon-14-radiolabeled enrofloxacin. The color indicates the radiative intensity of the signal, ranging from low (blue) to high (red) ...

A colony of leafcutter ants is home to more than just one species. Each year, studies reveal new layers of complexity in these ecosystems, where various fungi and bacteria thrive alongside the ants, ...

The global preimplantation genetic testing market is growing steadily, valued at around US$ 598.4 million in 2026 and ...

In the context of escalating environmental challenges and agricultural demands, understanding how plants respond and adapt to stress has never been more ...

An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater, an advance that transformed the industry worldwide.

Rebecca Wilkes is an ORNL synthetic biologist who conducts research for the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute, as well as for the ...

Our limited understanding of the metabolism of our microbial ancestor is a sizeable gap in our knowledge of how complex life originated. Resolving whether our closest microbial relatives had ...

If NIH prioritizes human-based science in its ongoing overhaul of biosafety policies, the oversight system that has evolved for review of a wide-swath of biological research could atrophy and expose ...

The history of the first plant on Earth is not as simple as the identification of a particular species of plants, but it is a ...

In a greenhouse on the outskirts of the Netherlands’ flower-growing regions, rows of tulips bloom in a climate controlled not ...