Newswise — For Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, nothing beats the inside of a warm human or animal host for triggering an intense spurt of rapid growth and reproductive activity.

Life on Earth possesses an exceptional ability to self-reproduce, which, even on a simple cellular level, is driven by complex biochemistry. But can self-reproduction exist in a biochemistry-free ...

New research reveals how nitrogen starvation, a cryptochrome photoreceptor, and humidity checkpoints govern the ...

Researchers have shed light on a long-standing mystery concerning how fungal spores are released and dispersed. Knowing how far these spores can travel could now help protect cereal crops from one of ...