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Certain adaptations identified in the fish’s DNA linked to wound healing, cancer protection, and a long life.

China’s ongoing Belt and Road Initiative passes through areas that are already at risk of swapping organisms.

Authors of a new paper take issue with revisions to regulations on biospecimen research enacted last month, and argue that cell lines should be treated differently from other biospecimens.

The treatment will be tested in a handful of patients who suffered nerve damage in sports or traffic accidents.

Students, especially racial minorities, tend to perform worse when professors believe intelligence is fixed

The pea-size machine uses body fluids as fuel to propel itself through the digestive tract.

Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico suffered major setbacks due to damages and delays in repairs, and government austerity measures are adding insult to injury.

The bill for fiscal year 2019 increases allocations for NSF, FDA, and others above 2018 levels.

The World Health Organization reports that a number of countries are experiencing “sizeable” numbers of the infection due to a failure to vaccinate.

Researchers record neurological changes in a region called the mushroom body in the brains of bees completing a maze in a virtual environment.

A clock constructed of rDNA methylation sites can estimate both chronological and biological age across species.

When implanted into mice, the “pseudo-islets” helped treat the animals’ diabetes symptoms.