Japanese researchers uncovered a universal rule describing why life’s growth slows despite abundant nutrients. Their “global ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate ...

When Anna Grygiel moved with her family to the United States from Poland in the sixth grade, she’d never had any training in English. Now, a decade later, it is one of two majors the SUNY Cortland ...

Given troves of data about genes and cells, A.I. models have made some surprising discoveries. What could they teach us someday? Credit...Doug Chayka Supported by By Carl Zimmer In 1889, a French ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

What is Basic Science Research? Basic science research focuses on foundational questions that help us to better understand human biology and cancer. The Setty Lab investigates fundamental questions ...

In this week's "Five questions with" feature, Malone University professor Jason Courter talks about his love of education and his faith.

There’s no question that contraceptives have been fundamental in the modern fight for gender equality. Since women and birthing people gained the ability to choose if and when they wanted children, ...