The journal that published and abruptly retracted the first study linking the lab-made virus XMRV to disease apologizes to the authors.

A new rhabdovirus may be responsible for an outbreak of fatal hemorrhagic fever.

Young entrepreneurs are creating a digital, 3-D encyclopedia of insects that doubles as a free field guide.

Proposed legislation that sought to offer green cards to foreign STEM students excluded those in biology.

A new study finds male genes in women’s brains, the first evidence of microchimerism in the human brain.

International health officials are monitoring a new respiratory virus that has killed one person and left another in critical condition.

European agencies will evaluate a recent study that links genetically modified corn to early death.

Researchers create the first atlas of gene activity in the human brain.

Scientific associations say new legislation that limits federal funding for conferences will hurt research.

The journal PLOS Pathogens abruptly retracts the seminal paper linking XMRV to disease.

A questionable study claims that rats fed approved genetically modified maize developed cancer and died early.

Scientists use a frontal-lobe implant to improve thinking skills in primates.