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Researchers injected the retinas of mice with nanoparticles that bound to photoreceptors and converted near-infrared light to green light that the animals could see.

After the controversy of a Chinese scientist who was involved in editing the genomes of twin girls, the country puts forth tighter guidelines.

Genes inserted into the yeast genome produce the compounds CBD and THC in the microbes.

The drop may be due to fewer inspections, but critics say the USDA also appears to be avoiding documenting the violations.

Event organizers are taking criticism for choosing to exclude men from giving talks.

Signaling imbalance, driven by too much excitatory activity, may be a consequence of whatever brain changes lead to autism rather than a cause of the condition.

Public health care will take a hit however Britain leaves the European Union, but a no-deal exit will cause the most harm, a new analysis shows.

This could account for some reproducibility problems in cell line research, according to the authors of a comprehensive analysis of HeLa variants.

Chelonoidis phantasticus, or the Fernandina giant tortoise, was feared extinct until an expedition found a lone female in a remote area on the island of Fernandina.

Documents about the experiment challenge a Chinese government investigation’s finding that He Jiankui mostly acted alone.

Some individuals sleep just minutes a day. And keeping flies awake does not have untoward effects on longevity.

All life on Earth uses a genetic code based on four nucleotides. Now, scientists have created one with eight.