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Researchers have rapidly identified ways to apply their expertise to help end the pandemic.

In the kingdom’s mostly gender segregated education system, expanding department offerings to female students means needing to hire women professors—a scarcity in STEM fields in Saudi Arabia.

Several studies have indicated that SARS-CoV-2 might be spread through air, but not all experts are convinced.

Researchers report that dogs, pigs, chickens, and ducks did not easily become infected.

There is little evidence that antihypertensive drugs worsen COVID-19, and scientists are instead exploring the idea that such medications—or their downstream effects—may actually alleviate symptoms.

A combination of videography, machine learning, and brain imaging has identified facial expressions and neural activity patterns in mice that are associated with their emotions.

The government is assisting Johnson & Johnson and Moderna with expediting clinical testing while at the same time prepping for large-scale manufacturing.

A large-scale shortage of respirators and face shields threatens progress in some labs that are currently trying to ramp up their studies of SARS-CoV-2.

Advances in imaging technology over the last century have allowed increasingly sophisticated glimpses into the ancient processes of mummification.

Researchers find connective tissue has a crucial role to play in whether cancer cells metastasize.

A study finds similarities between cells that heal wounds and those that lead deadly cancerous invasions.

Spurred by family tragedy, the medical physicist wants to treat cancer in a new way.