WashU engineer to test E. coli strain to balance effects of ‘adrenaline rush’ in soldiers

Brain size in primates is predicted by diet, an analysis by a team of NYU anthropologists indicates

A person doesn't have to get sick to catch a virus. Researchers hope to catch viruses for detection and vaccinations by understanding their sticky outer layers

Among the factors driving the new study, say the researchers, is that cancer often strikes people who follow all the rules of healthy living

Berkeley Lab researchers develop first 3-D atomic-scale model of P22 virus that identifies the protein interactions crucial for its stability

$12M gift from researchers Lois and Charlie O'Brien to transform university's research; couple also endowing professorship

The study measured how much work dairy cows will do to access pasture, by pushing on a weighted gate

Multi-institutional team reports a method—called 3D genome assembly—that can create a human reference genome, entirely from scratch, for less than $10,000

Yet another endemic species for the DRC's Kabobo Massif has been discovered, bringing the number of unique species known for the region to eight with potentially another five being investigated

These discoveries are being regarded by at least one leading cell biologist as “textbook changing” and could alter how we develop drugs that affect membrane fusion activities

Scientists found that a common antibiotic cleared out beneficial gut bacteria in the bees, making way for a harmful pathogen, which also occurs in humans, to get a foothold

Findings point to new biochemical strategies for increasing oil yield from crops grown to produce biofuels and biomaterials