The scientific Nobels announced this week — in Physiology or Medicine, Physics and Chemistry — honored achievements rooted in ...

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support ...

The research was conducted across North America with the help of some 1,500 citizen scientists who observed bird behaviors ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study ...

The number of scientific papers flagged as fraudulent has been growing. Now a new paper sheds light on how it’s being done. Researchers found loose networks of unscrupulous editors working with ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a "molecular switch" on a gene strongly associated with the autoimmune disease lupus, which appears to propel immune cells into overdrive, attacking and ...

A new Northwestern University study analyzing public records maintained by the US Government Publishing Office and Congressional Budget Office over a 40-year period showed that federal science and ...