In the Lost Science series, scientists whose jobs or funding have been cut by the Trump administration tell their stories.

When a cell divides, it performs a feat of microscopic choreography—duplicating its DNA and depositing it into two new cells.

A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a ...

Here's why the most valuable breakthroughs come from questioning constraints no one thinks to challenge.

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have developed an electronic skin that allows humanoid robots to distinguish ...

What began as a search for hormone-processing enzymes ultimately transformed the treatment of high cholesterol.

Scientists have a solid understanding of what makes up spindles — the cellular machinery that separates chromosomes — but are less certain about how the building blocks of spindles, called ...

Researchers used advanced imaging to uncover early molecular changes in bone that may enable earlier diagnosis of ...

Hermon Welde is a public health science major and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her own. There is no genetic ...

For farmers, sometimes the easiest way to save a crop or prevent catastrophic insect damage is to spray a pesticide. But this common practice is wreaking havoc on the soil, according to new research ...

For the modern technology leader, the quest for peak performance has traditionally been a matter of chemistry, an endless ...

The School for Moral Ambition is an organization hoping to direct college students at elite universities into careers with ...