Using genes borrowed from bacteria, researchers have demonstrated fish and flies can be engineered to break down methylmercury and remove it from their bodies as a less harmful gas, offering new ways ...

Methylmercury is an extremely toxic compound, and unfortunately it's often present in the fish that we eat. Scientists are ...

Monitoring wastewater from international flights for pathogens would be a useful way to get ahead of the next pandemic or ...

Australian scientists have discovered a means of genetically modifying animals -fruit flies and zebrafish, respectively – to ...