Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of a roundworm used extensively in biological research, opening a new pathway ...

After clinical death, some of your cells refuse to quit, or even attempt to reconfigure into strange, emergent forms.

Long before the appearance of plants or animals, primitive multicellular organisms had developed an effective strategy to ...

In a stunning scientific breakthrough, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have discovered a living fossil in one of California’s untouched mountain lakes—a microscopic, ...

In a wholly new approach to cancer treatment, Northwestern University biomedical engineers have doubled the effectiveness of ...

Specific way genetic material is organized in cells determines its ability to adapt to resist treatment. Scientists modulated ...

There are all these drugs available, sitting in your local pharmacy, but they aren’t being used to treat all the conditions ...

Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of a roundworm used extensively in biological research, opening a new pathway for synthetic biologists ...

Over the last two decades, scientists have come to understand that all multicellular organisms have evolved with a variety of microorganisms. Much like the microbes that live on and in healthy humans, ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

This most fundamental question was famously posited by none other than Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).

The Globe’s “Noises Off” cast also includes Orville Mendoza, who appeared in the Greenberg-directed “Crime and Punishment, A Comedy,” and Linda Mugleston from “Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors.” James ...