Harvard-led team is learning secrets of regeneration through a method for manipulating genome, which allows a better view of workings of cells.

MIT biologists show that enlargement of blood stem cells restricts their ability to generate new blood cells during aging.

Many living organisms generate and even detect static electricity in their natural environments. We must understand more to ensure we don’t disturb these delicate processes.

Want to observe native bees? Or seek out invasive species? There are many ways to get hands-on science learning. An expert on adult STEM education suggests four places to start.

The scientists who discovered that a giant panda’s distinctive markings provide camouflage from predators tell us about their latest work

One hundred years after the discovery of insulin, replacement therapy represents “a new kind of medicine,” says Douglas Melton, co-director of Harvard Stem Cell Institute.

A fly does some of its digesting outside its body before it even eats any food.

Collaborative team wins prestigious NIH grant to investigate the physical forces that influence metastatic cancer.

Discovery in 16-million-year-old amber is the third species of water bear ever found.