In a recent article published in PNAS, researchers examined the evolutionary trajectory of a lab-grown community of bacterium, Escherichia coli, having two interacting strains. Excessive use of ...

The probability of drug interactions increases when genetic polymorphisms are considered, indicating that pharmacogenetic assessment may be useful in predicting the presence and severity of ...

Humans are social creatures and therefore it seems intuitive that talking to other people should increase our feelings of happiness and social connectedness. Many studies show the negative effects of ...

Study: Quantifying the intra- and inter-species community interactions in microbiomes by dynamic covariance mapping. Image credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com A study published in Nature ...

Secondary metabolites play an important role in determining the diversity and behavior of arthropods associated with focal plant species, in addition to mediating interactions between different ...