Cancer research, drug safety testing and aging biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at ...

A breakthrough live-cell sensor makes DNA repair visible as it happens, unlocking new possibilities in biology and medicine.

Cancer research, drug safety testing and ageing biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at ...

Engineering microbes to soak up more carbon, boost crop yields and restore former farmland is appealing. But synthetic ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

In most narratives, the story of evolution is the story of organisms emerging from the ocean and eventually populating the ...

Researchers have discovered chemical traces of life in rocks older than 3.3 billion years, offering a rare look at Earth’s ...

Scientists have detected some of the oldest signs of life on Earth using a new method that recognizes chemical fingerprints ...

Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth ...

It was 6 p.m. on a Thursday in November, and I was heading to a hidden gem of Cambridge: the MIT Museum. Getting off the Red ...

New research challenges the long-standing idea that most fixed genetic mutations are neutral. For many years, scientists studying evolution have believed that most genetic changes influencing how ...