Live & let live

Revolutionary medicine tested

Bacteria teach crops how to endure drought

A hardy bacterium that can adapt to water-scarce conditions offers clues to how crops can survive dry periods

The wonder fungi

Mycorrhizal fungi can improve the quality and longevity of plants

Worm sutpnse

Antifreeze

Scientists figure out the common cold "handshake"

Under pressure

Bacteria and hypertension: a new study says the two are actually linked

Rats on the rampage

Plastic eaters

Garlic guard

Ulcerous water

Hyperactivity In Hypersea

A new theory on how life moved from sea to land

Battling bacteria

Staying alive

Humans are not the only ones whose survival depends on keeping together

Red alert

'Tagged' viruses can warn us of an impending epidemic

Sticking the fungus way

Baker's yeast offers clue to how biofilms stick on medical implants

Creation of a lifetime

Scientists synthesise a working biological entity for the first time

Bugs for breakfast

There is more to your average germ than you can digest with a straight face. These bacteria can prevent allergies and fight ulcers

Is India’s biodiversity getting exploited without benefits to communities?

India’s biodiversity authority could put minds at ease by increasing transparency. Otherwise, the future of biodiversity remains grim in …

Darwin fast forwarded

Thanks to 'rapid evolution' every life form may survive any amount of pressure from its external environment, a study proposes

Database of potential bioweapons

Electric bacteria

Use tiny hair as wires to mop up pollutants

Viral device

Green gold

Grown only in a few developed nations till now, the nutrient-rich spirulina algae comes to India

The killer unveiled

Scientists find out how anthrax kills. It may not be very long before we have an antidote to the dreaded bacterium

The melting pot

You never thought it could happen. For the first time, geneticists have combined genes from different species