When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it ...

To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to ...

Georgia students broke into the world spotlight after showcasing early Lyme detection advances that could save patients years of suffering.

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Researchers have designed a chemical phototherapy tool that when exposed to blue light damages an enzyme found in ...

The CRISPR gene editing technique has had a dramatic influence on biomedical research, and has even been applied to a few ...

Researchers release a comprehensive viral genome database covering diverse ecosystems to advance understanding of viral ...

This week, Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize winner for sequencing the Neanderthal genome, is visiting Estonia. In an interview with ...

Infectious diseases remain one of the greatest global health challenges, with bacteria, viruses, and fungi continually ...

The “35 Innovators Under 35” list highlights young people driving future technology and science. Innovators are working ...