Undergraduate Meucci Ilunga spent 10 weeks investigating protein interactions, exploring career options, and making new friends.

Study shows Old World monkeys combine items in speech — but only two and never more, unlike humans.

Molecules called ketone bodies may improve stem cells’ ability to regenerate new intestinal tissue.

Whitehead Institute scientists find chemical modification contributes to trafficking between non-membrane-bound compartments that control gene expression.

Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.

Novel study shows protein CPG15 acts as a molecular proxy of experience to mark synapses for stabilization.

Researchers identify a strategy to prevent mobile genetic elements from breaching the bacterial cell wall.

Whitehead Institute team finds drugs that activate a key brain gene; initial tests in cells and mice show promise for rare, untreatable neurodevelopmental disorder.

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development.

Researchers solve how the kava plant produces its pain-relieving and anti-anxiety molecules, demonstrate an extensible method to scale and optimize production.