Gas vesicles are among the largest known protein nanostructures produced and assembled inside microbial cells. These hollow, air-filled cylindrical nanostructures found in certain aquatic microbes ...

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Improvements in public health have allowed humankind to survive to older ages than ever before, but, for many people, these ...

Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication ...

Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their potential hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and ...

Scientist Kate Adamala doesn’t remember exactly when she realized her lab at the University of Minnesota was working on something potentially dangerous — so dangerous in fact that some researchers ...

Right now, deep in Southern California’s logistics maze, a fresh Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck is revving up for a full-year shakedown that could change the game for zero-emission heavy-haulers. Co ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The eighth season of Rick and Morty is officially in the books. Where does the time go? Season 8 of Adult Swim’s top series debuted in May, with the season finale airing ...

A tiny elephant establishes a new stomping ground for 3-D printing: inside cells. For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant ...

A new Tennessee law bans wireless communication devices during instructional time. The law goes into effect in Tennessee on July 1. At July meetings, the Knox County school board could discuss and ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...