New study may dramatically shift our understanding of the complex dance of microbes and minerals that takes place in aquifers deep underground.

Jeanette Yen, professor in the School of Biology, and a team of scientists spend the summer in Antarctica studying how plankton may be a canary in the coal mine of climate change.

Despite a wide range of bladder sizes, all animals more than 6 pounds urinate in the same time span.

To test whether the presence of RNA in DNA duplexes could alter the elasticity and structure of DNA.