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The case of a lieutenant in the Chinese army who studied physics at Boston University points to broader vulnerabilities in US academia, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Emerging data as well as knowledge from the SARS and MERS coronavirus outbreaks yield some clues as to why SARS-CoV-2 affects some people worse than others.

Researchers used a machine-learning platform to test more than 100 million molecules for antibacterial activity.

Contrary to popular thinking, the period of arrested development is an active state of maintaining muscle integrity.

The decades-old signature of nuclear testing can reveal the ages of organisms, or even individual cells.

Researchers look to messenger RNA encased in nanoparticles, DNA plasmids, molecular clamps, and other approaches as they rush to design a vaccine against the new coronavirus.

Scientists’ latest understanding of the facts, the suspicions, and the discounted rumors of SARS-CoV-2’s transmission from person to person

Saliva tests screen staff and students at University of Illinois; Study ranks species most susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection; COVID-19 clinical trials test drugs that inhibit kinin system

The inspection reports that had been removed a few years ago due to privacy concerns have resurfaced, pleasing animal rights advocates.

A cancer patient who underwent the new fertility preservation procedure successfully gave birth five years after her immature eggs were collected.

A new study in mice documents frequent undesirable repeats of DNA insertions that are not detected using standard PCR analysis.

Microscopic plant remnants found near the bones indicate that the ancient humans practiced burying rituals, but the archaeological field is not in full agreement.