Over the past few years, several companies have developed rapid DNA tests that can be used in the field to identify remains in 90 minutes—but President Trump suggested the confirmation only took 15.

The diagnostic measures two proteins indicative of brain injury.

The compound, BCI-838, is already in human clinical trials as a possible treatment for depression.

Presentations at the Society for Neuroscience meeting point to changes in neurons and connectivity between brain regions as potential components of the enigmatic condition.

A US Army lab shipped live spores of the deadly bacterium because of improper irradiation protocols, a Department of Defense review has found.

President Obama plans to send thousands of military personnel to Africa to streamline infectious disease-response efforts.

The U.S. Department of Defense is solidifying its focus on the life sciences with a new division of biotechnology.  

Portable wet-lab kits allow even soldiers stationed in war zones to earn college science credits.

Researchers design patterns of fluorescent protein expression to deliver secret messages.