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Moving patients between wards and prescribing high levels of antibiotics increases the spread of bacterial infections that are resistant to treatment in hospitals.

Sea slugs increase the longevity of the chloroplasts they steal from algae by limiting the harmful side-effects of photosynthesis.

Social rank differentially influences how male and female mice respond to chronic stress.

Interactions between viral RNA and the integrase enzyme are required for HIV-1 particles to become infectious, a process that can be disrupted through multiple mechanisms.

Compartmentalized oscillations of second messengers affect global cellular signaling.

Vulturine guineafowl range over larger areas, explore more new places and are more likely to reproduce when they live in groups of intermediate size.

A mathematical model shows how the shape of early multicellular organisms may have helped cells evolve specialized roles.

Research on mutant tobacco plants shows that a pigment called β-carotene is not necessary for photosynthesis.

Walking flies find the source of attractive odors by changing how frequently they stop and turn in response to the smell.

Analysis of genetic information from soil samples provides insights into bacteria that help to protect crops from fungal diseases by producing chemicals called phenazines.