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Overlaying reality with simulations advances research and interventions in human behavior and neurodegenerative disorders.  

On March 7, researchers will rally in Washington, D.C. and other US cities to protest federal policies threatening the future of science.

Studying drug-induced metabolic changes with high-throughput systems shed light on drug modes of action, providing an efficient drug discovery platform.

Psychedelics stimulate the growth of synapses outside the brain, scientists show for the first time.

Advances in stem cell biology and immune cell engineering bring diabetes cell therapies closer to reality.

Boosting cells with a tardigrade protein reduced DNA damage after radiation, offering potential protection for healthy tissue during cancer treatment.

A group of gut bacteria successfully hindered recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in mice, offering alternative therapeutic strategies to antibiotics and fecal transplant.

Basophils trigger a cytokine cascade that improves antitumor immunity in mice, offering potential targets for cancer immunotherapy.

Scientists across the country sequenced genomes from dozens of communities as part of the GenomeIndia Project, revealing insights about diversity and health.

Amid cuts to federal funding, US universities tighten budgets, forcing PhD students and early-career researchers to navigate an uncertain future.

The vivid wing patterns of butterflies, once attributed to a gene, are now traced to an overlooked microRNA.

A safe biological birth control strategy for men has eluded scientists for many years. Now, an understudied enzyme brought them a step closer.