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Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

For nearly a century, the gold standard for closing severe burn wounds has been split-thickness skin grafts. Surgeons remove the outermost layer of skin, the epidermis, and a sliver of the underlayer, ...

The Louisiana Arbovirus Surveillance Program helps health professionals, entomologists and local mosquito control districts stay apprised on where a disease crops up.

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When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests.

But researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis), a bacterium commonly found in soil, employs a different survival strategy. The result, ...

Bacteria may offer an unexpected way to immobilize uranium in contaminated water. Uranium contamination is difficult to ...