After a 4-year stretch as US Energy Secretary, during which he fought to fund research on clean energy technology, Steven Chu has announced his resignation.
After a 4-year stretch as US Energy Secretary, during which he fought to fund research on clean energy technology, Steven Chu has announced his resignation.
With dogged persistence and an unwillingness to entertain defeat, Bruce Beutler discovered a receptor that powers the innate immune response to infections—and earned his share of a Nobel Prize.
Some of these insidious viruses expertly subvert the host immune system, allowing their unhindered proliferation.
Charges of corruption and cronyism involving research funding have toppled the Balkan nation’s top science official.
Women have come a long way, but roadblocks remain
Long-term, life, and disability insurers may still be able to deny coverage to patients with a genetic disease, under current nondiscrimination legislation.
More than 140 nations agree to a plan to limit global mercury emissions.
The Obama administration announces a $10 million, 23-part plan to curb gun violence in the country.
More than 100 scientists signed a letter asking government to increase research on gun violence.