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Mar. 13, 2025 — A groundbreaking study has revealed that brown trout can successfully navigate beaver dams -- obstacles which were previously thought to pose a significant barrier to their ...

In microbiology, symbiotic relationships are ... A comparative genomic investigation of metabolism across the tree of life supports the hypothesis that syntrophy — metabolic exchange between ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

As the most abundant living entities on our planet, microorganisms are fundamental to every aspect of life on Earth ... the function of a single cell. Nature Microbiology is interested in all ...

Look no further than the winners of the Nature inFocus photography competition, whose winning photographs for 2024 were recently announced. Life of all sorts are constantly vying for another day ...

Mar. 13, 2025 — Older adults who were exposed to seasonal flu viruses that circulated prior to 1968 are more likely to have some protection against H5N1, and children would benefit more from ...

Gold Winner and Granz Prize of the World Nature Photographer of the Year. Credit: Maruša Puhek. The 2025 World Nature Photography Awards are finally here, reminding us of the raw, unfiltered ...

Ashley Martin of Northumbria University, in collaboration with experts in geology, microbiology, and geochemistry, examined ancient stromatolites preserved in southern Zimbabwe. Their study focused on ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing, we mapped thousands of expression quantitative trait loci in yeast, including a variant in GPA1 that influences gene expression, cell-cycle occupancy, and mating ...

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