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In the pursuit of solutions to complex global challenges including disease, energy demands, and climate change, scientific ...

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Discover the health risks of Lagos street food. Many residents rely on cheap meals, but unhygienic conditions can lead to typhoid, cholera, and food poison ...

When ships sink, they add artificial structures to the seafloor that can quickly become diverse, ecologically important ...

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According to Dr Varahan, targeting fungal metabolism could open a new way to treat infections. Since these processes are ...

Biofilms essential for astronaut and plant health but weakened by space conditions like microgravity and radiation stress.

Colin Talbot looks to evolutiopary biology to argue that it is in our nature to co-operate - and that each of us is ourselves a co-op ...

When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and fungi—microorganisms that—if actually present in tumor tissues—could influence how they ...

In an effort to save at-risk demersal fish species from the brink of collapse, the WA Government introduced strict new bans for commercial and recreational fishing. While some welcomed the measures, ...