Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
Doctors culture a custom-made trachea from plastic fibers and human cells, and successfully implant it into a child who was born without the organ.
Scientists create biocompatible, self-luminescing nanoparticles for in vivo imaging.
Researchers identify a herpesvirus gene persisting in the cells of calves suffering from malignant catarrhal disease.
Animal-rights activists devastate a psychiatric research lab at the University of Milan.
Researchers use bacteria to deliver radiation to shrink pancreatic tumors in mice.
A new survey finds a high incidence of sexual harassment and rape among women doing anthropological field work.
This dramatic science fiction film follows a grieving father using his research to understand his infant son’s gruesome death—and explores the culture and ethics of science along the way.
Researchers can identify individuals by the unique chemical signatures in their breath, suggesting that exhalations could be used for metabolomic tests.
Living fossils not so fossilized; Canadian gov’t threatens scientists’ freedom to speak and publish; gene therapy for sensory disorders; an unusual theory of cancer; clues for an HIV vaccine