This year’s awards recognize work on integrins, noninvasive prenatal screening, and COVID-19 data-tracking.

The United States gets roughly an eighth of its tenure-track professors from just five institutions, according to an analysis of nearly 300,000 faculty.

Three prizes were awarded to six researchers working across the life sciences on cellular organization, protein structure, and the genetic underpinnings of a chronic sleep disorder.

A study suggests that pathogens affecting other species can indirectly harm human health.

The outbreak of the Sudan strain of ebolavirus, which includes eight other suspected cases, is the first to hit Uganda in more than a decade.

Government documents suggest that Chinese authorities continue to use Thermo Fisher supplies in mass collection of DNA from minority groups.

Other winners of this year’s prizes include research on the physics of ducklings and the therapeutic potential of ice cream.

Researchers caution that it’s too soon to recommend supplements based on the results of a new study.

Scientific publishers get involved in a scandal at Temple University that has so far produced one retraction for image manipulation, a university-led investigation, and a lawsuit by one of the researchers involved.

As the new agency’s director, the DARPA veteran will spearhead a high-risk, high-reward approach to biomedical research.

The results from two large clinical trials don't support the idea that supplements of the vitamin bolster immune defenses against SARS-CoV-2.

The findings likely have implications for animal research far beyond the study of antidepressants.

The group’s 7-2 ruling in favor of the therapeutic represents a shift from previous deliberations, in which data on its effectiveness was deemed insufficient.

A Stone Age individual’s left leg healed after being amputated just above the foot, allowing them to survive for six to nine years after the procedure was performed, researchers say.

Guthrie established foundational concepts in the field of pre-mRNA splicing during her career at the University of California, San Francisco.

Launched with a $172 million philanthropic donation and funds from the state of Victoria, the Melbourne-based research institute aims to construct drug discovery platforms to speed the introduction of new therapies.

The immunizations are designed to target the latest Omicron subvariants, and are only authorized for people who have already received their primary vaccinations.

Projects funded by the National Institutes of Health increasingly employ subjective and promotional language in describing research, a study finds.

A quintet of research papers, all involving subjecting newborn piglets to brain damage, have been retracted because the data can’t be substantiated.