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Twenty-first century lab reports will include test results read by a new breed of pathologist.

Screen-based technologies show promise for autism intervention—but research is still needed to evaluate both the benefits and the possible negative effects.

Doctors turn to good microbes to fight disease. Will the same strategy work with crops?

How photosynthetic organisms get taken up, passed around, and discarded throughout the eukaryotic domain

Scientists are using video games to tap the collective intelligence of people around the world, while doctors and educators are turning to games to treat and teach.

Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.

A microfluidic device scans individual C. elegans for abnormal traits and sorts wild-type animals from mutants.

Unlike epithelial cells, neurons respond to herpes infection through autophagy, rather than by releasing inflammatory factors.

Gregory Hannon believes in taking risks—an approach that’s enabled him to make exciting new discoveries in the world of small RNAs.

Founder, Chairman, and CEO, NeuroVigil, Age: 33

A master of topographical anatomy, Christian Wilhelm Braune produced accurate colored lithographs from cross sections of the human body.

Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.