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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.

Demonstrations took place in the country’s capital on Tuesday following what many researchers see as a threat to academic freedom.

In a study of nearly 400 breastfeeding mothers, researchers find links between directly feeding the child and a more diverse microbiota, compared to milk from pumping.

Small research groups tend to beat large collaborations when it comes to producing innovative projects and breakthrough discoveries.

The agency sends warning letters to makers of products that claim to prevent or treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases, and announces changes to its enforcement practices.

If the structures identified in a 2.1-billion-year-old rock are really signs of burrowing organisms, it would push back the earliest known mobile organisms by 1.5 billion years.

Two studies show signs that the introduced DNA is functioning, but it’s too early to know if patients actually benefit.

The group had argued that a patent given to the Broad Institute overlapped with this one.