Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population.

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A report issued earlier this month by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases finds that many adults across the ...

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The gene editor -- called evoCAST -- goes a long way toward solving a problem that has confounded the development of gene therapies from the field's beginnings: How to add long stretches of DNA to ...

On April 30, a Recreational Water Watch was issued after harmful algae was detected in the Anderson County portions of Lake ...

If you want to restore your stainless steel sink to its former glory, consider using two common pantry ingredients to make an at-home cleaning solution.

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From kitchen slime to water heaters, household microbes may hold the key to absorbing CO₂ and cleaning pollution.