At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic ...

As the story is usually told, science began when some deep thinkers in ancient Greece decided to reject the popular mythological explanations for various natural phenomena. Those early philosophers ...

On the following pages, you’ll meet just a few of the UAB scientists whose discoveries hold tremendous potential to transform the treatment landscape for a variety of diseases, from kidney disease to ...

Scientists are like prospectors, excavating the natural world seeking gems of knowledge about physical reality. And in the century just past, scientists have dug deep enough to discover that reality’s ...

The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) and its partners will host Fundamental Life Science Meets Climate, Environment and Sustainability, a Science Summit and ...

Nobel Prize winner and CRISPR DNA-editing pioneer Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, spoke Thursday at Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle. Her lecture kicked off the President’s Seminar series, presented by ...

GUEST COMMENTARY—During a recent venture capital class, I was asked: what percentage of a biotech startup’s equity should a university retain when it is the company’s founders who conceive the key ...

GYA and 30 Young Academies and Associations release statement suggesting actionable steps to connect fundamental science with sustainable development during Closing Ceremony of IYBSSD meeting In a ...

Multiple payloads are ready for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) onboard SpaceX’s 22nd Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the orbiting laboratory. The launch, contracted ...