An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—and their bacterial hosts, offering a powerful new tool for next-generation microbiome engineering.

A comprehensive multi-cancer study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that cancer cells within tumors are genetically diverse, yet all carry the same core genetic changes that can be traced back to a common ancestral cell, providing a single-cell view of how tumors adapt, survive and diversify. Understanding this helps explain why some cancer cells manage to survive treatment, paving the way for more tailored diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

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The sail-backed predator Dimetrodon is one of the most iconic animals of the early Permian—long before dinosaurs dominated Earth. Most known species of this early relative of mammals reached large body sizes, sometimes up to 3 meters (10 feet) in length and 250 kilograms (550 pounds). Yet some species remained surprisingly small. A new study by an international research team led by Dr. Aurore Canoville of the Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin now shows that these small body sizes were achieved through very different growth strategies.

On a new episode of “The Show,” Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman are joined by Yankees scout Matt Hyde. Matt is the Yankees are scout in the northeast and is credited with finding potentially the AL MVP and Cy Young this year, Ben Rice and Cam Schlittler. He tells the story of how he began...

Here is your latest StormTracker forecast from meteorologists Alyssa Caroprese and Rob Lindenmuth. Any evening downpours or storms up north will gradually taper this evening. Skies will be partly cloudy heading into tonight and temperatures cool with lows in the lower to middle 50s. The next couple of days will then bring the chance for [...]

In an effort to open the door to new and useful products, chemistry researchers are on the continual lookout for processes that unlock important molecules and the bonds that can put them together. Such is the case for UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Yang Yang, who builds his research around discovering novel biocatalytic methods, processes that facilitate chemical reactions with biocatalysts from evolved natural proteins.

After spending much of the spring on a modified practice schedule, Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is set to take another step forward this week. Head coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed Tuesday that Herbert will throw during all three days of mandatory minicamp as part of a carefully constructed progression designed to prepare the franchise...

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo were married in Las Vegas in August 2016, years ahead of his mainstream success in the music industry.

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