Finishing your doctoral dissertation is a challenging and often stressful process — at least, it was for me. Your focus is on finalizing your research, polishing your writing and preparing your ...

Over the past few decades, RNA’s place in biology has transformed from being a mere intermediate between DNA and protein to a fascinating molecule with diverse activities that go well beyond ...

Researchers have created the most detailed 3D cellular map yet of a mouse embryo, visualizing close to eight million cells 1. The map shows how cells interact and migrate in an embryo less than ...

“Barbados has committed to becoming fossil-fuel-free by 2030, but that will probably cause huge economic damage because not a lot of people here can afford an electric car. Brazil solved this ...

Donald Trump made numerous promises during his presidential campaign that could affect scientists and science policy. Will they be implemented once he is president? From repealing climate policies ...

Chao Liu has driven all over the east coast from Florida to Massachusetts. His latest stop is at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he is being trained to become a real scientist.

A scientist who successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruses has sparked discussion about the ethics of self-experimentation. Beata Halassy discovered ...

Three people with severely impaired vision who received stem-cell transplants have experienced substantial improvements in their sight that have persisted for more than a year. A fourth person ...

The months following the birth of Colleen Sullivan’s first child, a son, in 2014 were rough. Sullivan, a developmental psychologist at Worcester State University in Worcester, Massachusetts, was ...