Only recently have scientists directly witnessed this most pivotal of events in biology, thanks to new technology that allows them to observe the process in living cells. It’s teaching them a lot.

The divergent strategies of scholarly publishers to forge licensing agreements with libraries are yielding different results.

Animal and cell culture studies show evidence that dengue antibodies can both neutralize and enhance Zika, but human investigations have only found protective effects.

This could account for some reproducibility problems in cell line research, according to the authors of a comprehensive analysis of HeLa variants.

Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico suffered major setbacks due to damages and delays in repairs, and government austerity measures are adding insult to injury.

Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.

Scientists say that increasingly rigorous licensing procedures have complicated research efforts—and in some cases, stopped experiments completely.

A funder-driven push for freely accessible scholarly literature has divided the scientific community.

Since He Jiankui presented his results at last week’s gene editing summit, researchers have raised concerns about his protocol, calling the procedure “amateurish” and “unconscionable.”