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This postdoc investigates how behavioral signals reveal pain and emotion in animals, and how technology can help decode them.

Elevated vaginal inflammation may increase birth risks in pregnant women with IBD, though healthier diets may help mitigate this effect.

Studying how ancient animals lived and why they died out can offer important insight to protecting species today.

The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε3 and ε4 gene variants may cause nearly half of all dementia cases.

A new single cell-based screening tool evaluates how well antibiotics kill bacteria and may help researchers determine which drugs perform best in patients.

A combination of physiological, neurological, genetic, and habit-linked factors influences how prone one is to feeling motion sickness.

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.

Open access publishing has led to researchers paying thousands of dollars to publish their work, limiting funds for research and leaving scientists with hard choices.

Working at the intersection of genetics and nutrition, this postdoc investigates protein metabolism in individuals with inherited metabolic disorders.

Congressional inaction has led to the expiration of the federal government’s SBIR/STTR program, cutting off a biotechnology lifeline.

A sugar on mycobacteria binds to the immune receptor dectin-1 on host macrophages, helping the bacteria survive and driving susceptibility to infection.

From sun-kissed to sunburned, the sun doesn’t affect everyone the same way. Genetics, the environment, and lifestyle play a role.