Findings Shed Light on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Cancer.

Iowa State University researchers think developing nanovaccines using a “systems” approach can revolutionize the prevention and treatment of diseases.

University spending on research and development in all fields totaled $65.8 billion in FY 2012, according to data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey.

University spending on research and development in all fields totaled $65.8 billion in FY 2012, according to data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey.

Hydrogen is a “green” fuel that burns cleanly and can generate electricity via fuel cells. One way to sustainably produce hydrogen is by splitting water molecules using the renewable power of sunlight, but scientists are still learning how to control and optimize this reaction with catalysts.

Science Update - A look at CfA discoveries in this month's journals.

Using quantitative models of bacterial growth, a team of University of California, San Diego biophysicists has discovered the bizarre way by which antibiotic resistance allows bacteria to multiply in the presence of antibiotics, a growing health problem in hospitals and nursing homes across the United States.

Combined capabilities provide scientists with access to new and existing immortalized cell lines for use in broad research applications and clinical markets.

Studying these cells could lead to new treatments for diseases ranging from gastrointestinal disease to diabetes.

Michigan State University will help improve the preparation of thousands of future professors as part of a national network focused on improving teaching in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.

University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world’s tiniest soldering iron.

The mystery of how the surface of Mars, long dead and dry, could have flowed with water billions of years ago may have been solved by research that included a University of Washington astronomer.