Scientists have devised nanosensors that can measure the temperature inside cancer cells, including the cell nuc ...

Cedars-Sinai researchers created “young” immune cells from human stem cells that reversed cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. The treated animals showed better memory and healthier ...

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle ...

J. Craig Venter, the pioneering geneticist who co-led the race to sequence the human genome and created the first synthetic bacterial cell, has died at 79 in San Diego from complications of cancer ...

Cell walls are a crucial structure of plant life, protecting cells from damage, giving plants shape, and containing ...

In mouse brains, star-shaped astrocytes form flexible networks that may offer another way for brain regions to communicate.

Epigenetic aging clocks allow scientists to study how populations age. They aren’t intended for individuals to make health ...

Other foods can keep your digestive system healthy and help your body absorb nutrients. Food molecules consist of proteins, ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

Missoula County Public School fifth-graders engage in hands-on science field trips with Ripple and University of Montana interns, studying river ecology and measuring water acidity to monitor the ...

Inside the Destiny laboratory module aboard the International Space Station, NASA flight engineer Zena Cardman recently ...

Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 ...