Twin study helps scientists link relationship among ADHD, reading, math

Children with ADHD can sometimes have more difficulties on math and reading tests compared to their peers...

Massive gene loss linked to pathogen's stealthy plant-dependent lifestyle

An international team of scientists has cracked the genetic code of a plant pathogen that causes downy mildew disease. Downy mildews are a widespread class of destructive diseases that cause major losses to crops as diverse as maize, grapes and lettuce.

Details of microbe's extraordinary maintenance and repair system revealed

Scientists have discovered how a network of repair proteins enables bacteria to prioritize the repair of the most heavily used regions of the DNA molecules that carry the instructions necessary for living cells to function.