UC Irvine scientists developed bioluminescent RNA tags, "tiny guiding lights," using luciferase to track RNA in real-time, ...

Newly discovered weapons of bacterial self-defense take different approaches to achieving the same goal: preventing a virus from spreading through the bacterial population.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new way to identify ...

The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog contends that curiosity-driven research helps us understand the world and could lead to unexpected benefits.

A 75-person team at Seattle's Allen Institute is embarking on a 10-year project called CellScapes to devise a mathematical ...

An international team of scientists have unlocked a key piece of Earth's evolutionary puzzle by decoding the structure of a ...

The discovery of recombinant DNA proved that biology, not chemistry alone, could create new medicines like life-saving insulin.

The faint glow of a jellyfish revealed a molecule that would change science. Known as green fluorescent protein (GFP), it ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion University held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday for its new $184 million biological sciences building. According to the university, the five-story, 162,586-square ...

A new report from the government’s chief scientific adviser aims to communicate the benefits that Engineering Biology (EngBio) might bring to our society and economy over the next 10-15 years. It ...

The Department of Biology & Biochemistry in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics offers a non-thesis master’s degree in biology with a Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Sciences. This ...