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This digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image shows Salmonella bacteria (red) invading an immune cell (yellow). Salmonella Typhi is the...

The best explanation for the improvement in skills over time was the so-called 'mutualism' model. This model proposes that cognitive abilities help each other...

Diversity in tomato fruit weight is explained in part by a mutation in the Cell Size Regulator gene that arose during domestication. Credit: Alexis Ramos...

This is a cluster of spring-loaded daggers inside a bacterium. Green shows them in their 'loaded' form, red after the dagger has been launched. Credit:...

A rosette sampler captures water at specified depths at Station ALOHA. Credit: Tara Clemente, UH M?noaenter Microbes dominate the planet, especially the ocean, and help support...

High-tech fabric intended for gloves and other military clothing contains silver mesh (silver nanowires or 'AgNW') that could be heated to keep soldiers warm,...

Illustration shows a likely configuration of a gravitational lensing system discovered by OVRO. The 'milli-lens' is located in or near the intervening spiral galaxy....

Candy cane supercapacitor. Credit: Stoyan Smoukovy Supercapacitors promise recharging of phones and other devices in seconds and minutes as opposed to hours for batteries. But current...

Dysregulated energy balance can result in obesity. Credit: Image courtesy of Hiroshima University NPGL, a recently discovered protein involved in brain signalling, has been found to...

The JDP2 gene, encoding a transcription factor protein, is a prognostic marker with unfavorable outcome in colon adenocarcinoma. Credit: Human Protein Atlas A new Pathology Atlas...

Marathon runners. Credit: © pavel1964 / Fotolia Elite athletes work hard to excel in sports, but they may also get a natural edge from the bacteria...