The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

Taxpayer-funded investment supports basic research that can yield crucial medical advancements down the line and make ...

Some researchers are calling for strict limits, while others speak out against prematurely halting basic science.

Error bars illustrate the margin of error for a survey estimate by showing how precise that estimate is. Here are some answers to common questions that might help you better understand charts with ...

Thousands of water samples. Hundreds of volunteers. Meet Chesapeake Water Watch, the big data project where volunteers are ...

The Freshwater Research and Innovation Center, in Elmwood Township, is designed to put our area at the forefront of the ...

The connection between education research, policy, and practice is broken. Here’s what it would take to fix it.

As railways enter their third century of service, research must support their renaissance for more-sustainable travel that ...

The Alzheimer’s Association will host a community presentation Sept. 22 in Laredo to share the latest developments in research and treatment options for Alzheimer’s disease.

Federal budget cuts are imperiling a unique biological research center on French Island on the Mississippi River just outside ...

Being raised by “refrigerator mothers,” the researchers explained, was what caused autistic people’s difficulties with social ...

Headlines have warned expectant parents of all the things that could ‘cause autism’. Here’s what the headlines leave out ...