Decomposers are crucial for keeping Earth habitable, breaking down dead biomass and returning key nutrients, such as carbon, ...

Staphylococcus aureus is renowned for its capacity to acquire and disseminate genetic traits that underpin antibiotic resistance and virulence. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in this species occurs ...

Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up ...