An isotopic analysis of eggshell beads dating back more than 30,000 years indicates that they helped build networks that stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

Using pigs as human proxies, forensic entomologists reveal how bodies in vehicles decompose differently from those dumped outside.

Testing out combinations of antiviral proteins from llamas could help researchers create potent virus-neutralizing multimers.

An enzyme pulled from toxic bacteria can enter the organelle and perform single-nucleotide DNA swaps.

Universities and healthcare facilities are planning to use spit tests to conduct large-scale screening.

Scientists are lending their expertise—whatever it may be—to help develop tests, medical devices, and other tools to try to save lives during the pandemic.

In just a few months, researchers have constructed low-cost ventilators that can keep sedated pigs alive. Getting them to work safely and reliably in people is the next challenge.

Onsite testing at wastewater treatment plants could aid efforts to monitor for outbreaks of COVID-19 around the world, but such technologies are in the early stages of development.

A nearly all-female team of researchers developed a PCR diagnostic tool in a record-setting six weeks.