The mid-nineteenth century saw the development of a radical new direction in chemistry: instead of simply analyzing existing molecules, chemists began to synthesize them—including molecules that did ...

Can biology teach us anything about how to survive in the business world? On March 17 an essay appeared on the Scientific American Web site making the case that “Biological systems offer valuable ...

Sulphate-reducing microorganisms (SRMs) are a physiologically and phylogenetically diverse group of anaerobic bacterial and archaeal species that are important both ecologically and industrially. The ...

Most mergers are engineered for efficiency. Systems are aligned, redundancies eliminated, and structures combined. Yet despite careful planning, most mergers fail to deliver on their strategic promise ...

The first-year introductory biology sequence provides a crucial foundation for students' careers. Some groups, such as first-generation college students (FGCS), lag behind their non-first-generation ...

Business leaders are often fascinated by military tactics, and with understandable reason: They see themselves as waging battle against challenging incumbents and evading minefields in the marketplace ...