The muon g-2 experiment might mean the Standard Model of physics is incomplete, but that's just the beginning

Muons, elementary particles similar to electrons, appear to behave like magnets, but the Fermilab experiment is still not confirmation

Katherine McCormick, University of Washington

April 11, 2021

Researchers identify a bacterium that enables its host to breathe nitrate instead of oxygen

Irene Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 10, 2021

Scientists starved E. coli for 1200 days to learn about bacterial evolution

Madeline Barron, University of Michigan

March 18, 2021

The range of microbes in your sourdough starter affect its smell and rise

Adam Fortais, McMaster University

February 19, 2021

Physicists take another step towards room temperature superconductivity

Thomas Mittiga, UC Berkeley

February 10, 2021

New imaging technique follows antibiotics directly into tuberculosis-infected cells

Anna Wernick, University College London

February 9, 2021

Fungi create genes to "win over" their plant friends and neighbors

Attabey Rodriguez Benitez, Science Friday

January 20, 2021

Algae keep nitrogen savings to help them survive nutrient-poor ocean waters

Rashi Ranjan, University of Pittsburgh

January 15, 2021

Sugar may trigger inflammatory bowel disease by breaking down gut mucus

Madeline Barron, University of Michigan

2 peer comments

January 12, 2021

Mushrooms, virtual reality and a dose of nature: an interview with Winslow Porter

The artist spoke about connecting nature, mushrooms, and technology

Farah Qaiser, University of Toronto

December 2, 2020

These slimy underwater mats can help store carbon, but only if they can survive

Gabriela Serrato Marks, Massive Science

November 30, 2020

Microscopic worms pee milk on their children as their bodies decompose

Brittney G. Borowiec, Wilfrid Laurier University

November 17, 2020

Tardigrades glow bright to survive blasts of UV radiation

Sree Rama Chaitanya, The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics

November 17, 2020

Killing germs with slime bacteria M. llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis

Dori Grijseels, University of Sussex

October 29, 2020

A 540 million year-old microscopic protist sex mystery is solved

Meghan Zulian, University of California, Davis

October 9, 2020

New evidence for the first life on land comes from an ancient microbial fingerprint

Rebecca Dzombak, University of Michigan

September 15, 2020

Chemistry detectives figured out how to best preserve and display Edvard Munch's The Scream

Rosaria Cercola, University of York

1 peer comment

September 10, 2020

A smart ‘second skin’ shape-shifts to block out chemical weapons

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

August 28, 2020

Scientists are searching space for extraterrestrial viruses

Viruses outnumber all other forms of life on Earth and scientists hope to find them elsewhere

Jordan McKaig, Georgia Institute of Technology

August 24, 2020

Deborah Jin engineered new quantum states of matter — twice

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

August 7, 2020

Two mini microscopes watched a mouse’s brain move its body in real time

Sruthi Sanjeev Balakrishnan, National Centre for Biological Sciences

6 peer comments

July 19, 2020

The sugar in semen makes HIV drugs less effective

Marnie Willman, University of Manitoba Bannatyne

3 peer comments

July 9, 2020

Rapid DNA sequencing of unknown bacteria helps doctors choose which antibiotics to treat it with

Allison J Matthews, Tufts University

June 24, 2020

Extreme microbes survive the desert by dissolving rocks with acid

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

May 7, 2020

Scientists recreated a key step for the origin of life at hydrothermal vents

Cassie Freund, Wake Forest University

1 peer comment

January 26, 2020

To stop pancreatic cancer from spreading, cut out the chatter

Max G. Levy, Science and Health Journalism

1 peer comment

December 22, 2019

Gamers are one-upping nature and computers by designing whole new proteins

Luyi Cheng, Northwestern University

3 peer comments

October 22, 2019

Pregnant women must get their flu shots to help avoid future influenza epidemics

The flu virus treats the altered immune systems of pregnant individuals as its training ground to get stronger, making vaccination an imperative

Marnie Willman, University of Manitoba Bannatyne

2 peer comments

October 13, 2019

Swimmers, beware! A rare – but deadly – amoeba lurks at the bottom of the lake

Bill Sullivan, Indiana University

September 8, 2019

When your gut bacteria talk, your brain listens and replies

Yewande Pearse, LA Biomed

August 21, 2019

Wildfires in Canada are burning down forests of mushrooms

Olivia Box, University of Vermont

3 peer comments

August 18, 2019

It's time to highlight our fungus friends in our microbiomes

Adriana Romero-Olivares, University of New Hampshire

4 peer comments

July 24, 2019

Scientists have engineered a self-destruct button in bacteria

Molly Sargen, Harvard University

2 peer comments

June 24, 2019

This year the flu came in two waves – here’s why

Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University

June 5, 2019

The secret code of sea shells

Harini Chakravarthy, Biochemistry

April 8, 2019