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Researchers use CRISPR to make large scale genetic changes to bacteria by co-opting a natural process.

Scientists have calculated the body mass of two ancient amphibians.

Small modular nuclear reactors, which offer greater flexibility and lower upfront cost than large nuclear reactors, have both some advantages and disadvantages when it comes to nuclear waste generation.

Researchers have developed a novel method for measuring the earth's crust on the seafloor. A lightweight geodetic measurement device was mounted on a sea-surface landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The mobility of this new system will enable rapid, efficient collection of real-time deep seafloor information, which is critical for understanding...

Rapid changes in marine oxygen levels may have played a significant role in driving Earth's first mass extinction, according to a new study.

Toxins released by a type of bacteria that cause diarrheal disease hijack cell processes and force important proteins to assemble into 'roads to nowhere,' redirecting the proteins away from other jobs that are key to proper cell function, a new study has found.

A dietary change could be a key to enhancing colon cancer treatment, a new study finds. Researchers found in cells and in mice that a low-protein diet blocked the nutrient signaling pathway that fires up a master regulator of cancer growth.

Fruit flies can quickly compensate for catastrophic wing injuries, researchers found, maintaining the same stability after losing up to 40% of a wing. This finding could inform the design of versatile robots, which face the similar challenge of having to quickly adapt to mishaps in the field.

Physicists explains how the theoretical chemist Martin Karplus and his team applied the approach of molecular dynamics simulation to a large biological molecule, a protein, deeply impacting biology and the physical sciences in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Rock coasts, which make up over half the world's coastlines, could retreat more rapidly in the future due to accelerating sea level rise.