Despite nervous investors and a volatile market, a courageous few biotechnology companies are taking their chances on Wall Street.

After 10 years in development, a novel mouse population proves its mettle in complex trait research.

Immune cells in skin provide powerful protection against infection, suggesting new routes for vaccination.

Proposed budget cuts could undermine the agency’s disease prevention efforts.

Greenpeace flags researchers' payments from a climate change skeptic organization.

Despite suggestions to the contrary, the Y chromosome is not necessarily rotting away.

Chemists apply Google software to the study of molecules.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

A 2-day meeting may decide how much and which parts of 2 controversial H5N1 flu studies will be published.

Fruit flies consume alcohol to kill off parasites.

Often thought to be artifacts of the lab, prions in yeast may actually drive the evolution of beneficial traits.

A new device can detect sounds a million times fainter than the hearing threshold of the human ear.