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Biologists have long studied zebrafish as a developmental model for understanding the biology of chordates, e.g., animals with a notochord...

Thailand has confirmed a second case of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) disease in a traveler. The traveller was initially admit...

The FDA has been publishing the Bad Bug Book for free online since 2005 . It provides great information about the major bacterial, viral, ...

The textbook is designed specifically for Kansas State's Biology 198 Principles of Biology course. The course is taught using the studio...

As of July 15-17, 2015, no new cases of MERS infection or new deaths related to MERS have been reported. So far, 186 MERS cases have been ...

While only 30 people have been confirmed to be infected with MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), with 2 dead, South Korea has approxi...

Does the gut flora influence Parkinson’s disease or vice versa ? Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland say there is a correla...

The debate of our lifetime, no the 21st Century is raging!! Well, maybe not, but it's still an interesting microbiological question. H...

Recent research at Kansas State University finds that in the coming decades at least 25% of the world's wheat production will be lost ...

So what’s the status of MERS virus and MERS virus in the US? First reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012, the corona virus MERS spreads from in...

This video from 3 Minutes of Fun shows eosinophil granulocytes chemotaxing to an IgE-opsonized multicellular parasite. During a normal im...

Russian photographer Nick Lariontsev filmed this time-lapse showing how mold grows. This is a mixed group of Aspergillus fumigatus , Botry...

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a toggle switch for aging cells. By controlling the production of telomeres, it may be ...

Aquatilis Expedition is a 3-year underwater journey utilizing the best in modern technology and digital imaging. Using a custom-made remot...

On May 11, 2014, the second US imported case of MERS was confirmed in Florida with a traveler from Saudi Arabia. The first US case was M...

Bats provide critical ecological services to humans. They are critical in food plant pollinators and in controlling bugs that threaten ag...

MIT researchers design hybrid materials by combining living bacterial cells with nonliving elements such as gold nanoparticles and quantu...

For the first time, chemists and engineers at Penn State University have placed synthetic nanomotors inside live human cells and using tho...

Analysis of the entire genome of a 7,000 year old hunter-gatherer has revealed interesting facts about the evolution of human genes. DNA ...

Scientists have discovered a new genus and species of bacteria, Tersicoccus phoenicis . It survives on very low nutrients and has been is...

Bad data visualization, one packed with too much text, excessive ornamentation, gaudy colors, and clip art, are redundant at best and use...

Scientists at UCLA have created a new synthetic metabolic pathway for hydrolyzing glucose that could lead to a 50% increase in the produc...

Antarctica’s Deep Lake has been isolated from the ocean for 3,500 years. This unique saltwater ecosystem remains liquid in extreme cold a...

Many viruses and bacteria infect humans through mucosal surfaces, such as those in the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and reproductive tr...

Are you interested in microbiology? Are you a pre-health or pre-vet major? If so, the KSU Microbiology Club is for you! It doesn't if...

Investigators working to stem the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria have taken a major step in their efforts to develop new treatme...

We are facing a global health crisis caused by an obesity epidemic. Scientists report the human gut microbial composition in a population...

Here a nice website with very basic info about microbes (bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites). The mission of Nanobugs, Inc. is to bot...

The damage scientists expect climate change to do to crop yields can differ greatly depending on which model was used to make projections...

Check it out microbiology folks, a new flash card app for pathogenic microbes. SPOILER ALERT! They are not free. :-( The Microbe Card...

So, the last unfortunate victim of smallpox in 1978 was infected by an unsafe research lab at the University of Birmingham in the UK. She ...

US Forest Service researchers have identified what may be a key to unraveling some of the mysteries of White Nose Syndrome. Studying the cl...

This amazing house design uses bacteria to treat, filter, process, and reuse household wastes like sewage, effluent, garbage, wastewater. ...

A new study highlights the potential importance of the vast majority of human DNA that lies outside of genes within the cell. The research...

Here a really cool online educational gaming website that has some nice biology games to help study biology.You can play other people'...

Scientists have developed a novel strategy for isolating and characterizing a substantial number of RNAs transported from the cell-body of...

Scitable is a free science library and online learning tool from Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science....

I've posted previously links to individual Khan Academy's YouTube videos before, but now Khan Academy has a slick new  website wi...

So, you want to learn biology online, but still like the old paper-in-hand copy to read? No problem! Open Stax College has a collection of...

When great apes diverged from old-world monkeys about 20 million years ago, there was a rise in white matter in the prefrontal cortex, whi...

If you would like to learn some computer science check out Online colleges. They have a nice list of places to find free online classes. ...

Mary Poffenroth has a cool biology website with a full YouTube series to complement Khan Academy's lectures in biology.

The drug-resistant bac­te­ria known as MRSA, once con­fined to hos­pi­tals but now wide­spread in com­mu­ni­ties, will likely con­tinue to...

Florida wildlife officials report that 149 of the gentle giants have been killed by red tide this year in just two and a half months, maki...

The initial phase of the Human Microbiome Project has come to an end — and with it, the mapping of the full community of microbes that in...

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have for the first time sequenced the genome of an unborn baby using only a bloo...

A sharp jump in the number of rare but potentially deadly types of a superbug resistant to nearly all last-resort antibiotics has prompted...

What is it with words beginning with "C" in genetics? Check out this cool video to better understand replication and the vari...

Kansas State University researchers have designed molecules that may be capable of delivering drugs inside the body. For the first time, r...

Researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laboratory have grown bone grafts from human embryonic stem cells for use in research and...

Inducing cells to express telomerase, the enzyme which extends the telomeres (ends of linear chromosomes) also extends the lifespan of ...

While the genetic cause(s) of autism are still mostly unknown, the most common single-gene cause is Fragile X Syndrome. Fragile X Syndrome...