The ocean has always looked like a blank blue expanse on most maps, yet beneath that surface lies a layered, living ...

Drug development and production rely on stringent quality controls, reproducibility, and verification. Biopharmaceuticals, including protein-based therapies, require extensive characterization, ...

Harvard scientists have embarked upon an ambitious program to create a circuit diagram of the human brain, with the help of new machines that automatically turn brain tissue into high-resolution ...

A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the surface of the ...

When RNA molecules are synthesized by cells — a critical process in the creation of proteins and other cellular functions — they typically undergo a series of “folding” events that determine their ...

Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano has long drawn attention for its size, constant activity, and glowing plumes of smoke and ash, ...