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The technology at the center of the growing "resolution revolution" has again shown its value to scientists at Yale by ...

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Cancer remains notoriously difficult to treat, partly because tumors co‑opt their surrounding environment, including the ...

Washington, D.C.—As climate change continues to accelerate at an alarming pace, innovative and scalable solutions are more critical than ever. This week, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) ...

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A Japanese-led research team has developed AUN, a groundbreaking immune-independent bacterial cancer therapy that uses two harmonized bacteria to destroy tumors even in patients with weakened immune ...

Science Needs for Microbial Forensics: Developing Initial International Research Priorities, based partly on a workshop held in Zabgreb, Croatia in 2013, identifies scientific needs that must be ...

New findings from rocks inside Jezero Crater add to growing evidence that the Red Planet may once have been habitable.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...