One of science's strongest dogmas is that complex life on Earth could only evolve when oxygen levels in the atmosphere rose to close to modern levels. But now studies of a small sea sponge fished out of a Danish Fjord shows that complex life does not need high levels of oxygen in order to live and grow.

Bugs, bats, and air cultures to be examined as blimp travels across the USA.

The chemical leak that contaminated drinking water in the Charleston, W.Va., area last month put in sharp relief the shortcomings of the policies and research that apply to thousands of chemicals in use today.

The University of British Columbia celebrates the significant increase in federal government support for research, in particular the creation of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Racism as a social and scientific concept is reshaped and reborn periodically through the ages and according to a Penn State University anthropologist, both medical and scientific researchers need to be careful that the growth of genomics does not bring about another resurgence of scientific racism.

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has released a new quality management systems standard on laboratory internal audit programs. A laboratory audit program is critical to ensuring laboratories meet applicable requirements for quality system essentials assessments.

After a small dip in 2011, salaries for food scientists have bounced back. U.S. members of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) earned a median salary of $90,000 last year, according to the 2013 IFT Employment and Salary Survey.

Newest method for determining a protein's shape based on XFEL technology significantly broadens number and type of proteins that researchers can study.

The new Human Neuroscience Institute in Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology aims to advance research on the neural basis of human behavior.

Micronic has introduced a unique post-analytical capping solution for sample collection tubes containing blood or urine that require secure storage for several days in case additional tests need to be done.

The Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association (SEFA) based in Garden City, New York, will host a design competition for current high school and college students during the school year. The objective is to design a piece of lab furniture which the student believes would enhance the laboratory learning experience. Students can work individually or as a team of no more than three.

Researchers from Warwick Medical School have discovered the key role of a protein in shutting down endocytosis during mitosis, answering a question that has evaded scientists for half a century.