In 2006, rockets soared for fun and profit, microbes got down to work, and the solar system lost a planet. Microscopic creatures were much in demand, with scientists examining myriad ways to harness ...

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers at Osaka University in Japan has discovered that one type of zebrafish pigment cell chases another around in a Petri dish possibly explaining how they fish gets its ...

An international team of scientists with a myriad of backgrounds has revealed the process by which unique fingerprints develop. In their research, published open access in the journal Cell, the group ...

In the project, teams from the University of Jena are also looking for suitable bacteria - in the picture: Petri dish with the bacterium Streptomyces lividans - that fix heavy metals dissolved in the ...

Mortierella alpina in a petri dish (IMAGE) Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute - Caption The soil fungus Mortierella alpina in a petri dish. M.