New study shows all-cause mortality is significantly lower when a child's most recent immunization is a measles vaccine

It will now be easier, faster and cheaper to catch athletes who take performance-enhancing drugs

New compound improves glucose tolerance without associated nausea

Investigators found that by limiting an amino acid called asparagine in laboratory mice with triple-negative breast cancer, they could dramatically reduce the ability of the cancer to travel to distant sites in the body

University of Iowa biologist finds giant virus family and eukaryotes have similar set of genes

The experiment will send particles called muons—heavier cousins of the electron—around a 50-foot-wide muon storage ring that was relocated from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York state in 2013

Scientists have used some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to model ground shaking for a magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Hayward fault and show more realistic motions than ever before

A promising technique that makes maize more productive even in droughts has now been unpacked and looks set to do the same for a range of other crops, including wheat and rice

McMaster researchers have created a printed paper-based device that can speed up and improve the accuracy of the drug screening process

To deal with the bacteria that cause diseases, some ants produce their own antibiotics

The tour gave us new insights into some of the challenges that lab managers face