By tracking down how bacterial defense systems work, the scientists can potentially fight infectious diseases and genetic disorders.

Dangerous new pathogens such as the Ebola virus invoke scary scenarios of deadly epidemics, but even ancient scourges such as the bubonic plague are still providing researchers with new insights on how the body responds to infections.

To many, the image of a scientist is that of a white coat, alone in the lab peering into a microscope or computer monitor, interested in nothing but the facts.

A microbe developed to clean up nuclear waste and patented by a Michigan State University researcher has just been improved.

Brookhaven Lab and Stony Brook University researchers measure the quantum fluctuations behind a novel magnetic material's ultra-cold ferromagnetic phase transition.

Gas leaks from faulty wells linked to contamination in some groundwater.

Understanding just how sugar makes its way into the cell could lead to the design of better drugs for diabetes patients and an increase in the amount of fruits and vegetables farmers are able to grow.

Discovery of three new bacteria that could break down PCBs more effectively.

3D printer technology and glass beads—a powerful combination.

Shimadzu to offer instruments at discount, including full service plan.

The number of women being trained to enter engineering, science and social science academic careers is not the cause of female underrepresentation in those fields, attendees at a University of Virginia seminar on faculty hiring learned last week.

One of the most important business acquisitions in the history of Analytik Jena AG has been closed.