Viruses are sneaky intruders, hijacking the internal machinery of host cells and replicating out of sight. Understanding these dynamics is the first step to developing effective antiviral strategies ...

A cytogenetic study of the Brazilian fire ant Solenopsis saevissima reveals naturally occurring polyploid cells with ...

A new fungal species from Yunnan Province, China, carries a mitochondrial genome four to five times larger than those of its ...

Bacteriophages, or viruses that infect bacteria, have a fiendishly simple purpose in life: attach to a bacterial cell, inject ...

Water has no special power. Microscopes also lack the power to determine whether the particles seen are alive. However, ...