Viruses that infect ocean algae are hyperefficient photosynthesisers so that they can keep their hosts on life support during infection

Motion-tracking cameras that watch helium-filled, neutrally buoyant bubbles swirl past a vehicle can reveal its aerodynamics as never before

Cell cycle checkpoints act like molecular tripwires for damaged cells, forcing them to pause and take stock. Leave the tripwire in place for too long, though, and cancer cells will press on regardless, making them resistant to the lethal effects of certain types of chemotherapy, according to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Their findings, published in the Aug.

University of Utah researchers used data from Portuguese water dogs - the breed of President Barack Obama's dog Bo - to help find a gene that gives some dogs curly hair and others long, wavy hair. It was part of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study - published online Thursday, Aug. 27 by the journal Science - showing that variations in only three genes account for the seven major types of coat seen in purebred dogs.

U.S. researchers using CRi's Oosight(TM) imaging system have developed a gene transfer technique that has potential to prevent inherited diseases passed on from mothers to their children through mutated DNA in cell mitochondria. The research, which demonstrated the technique in rhesus monkeys, appears in the Aug. 26 issue of the journal Nature. The group, headed by Dr.