Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, tiny algae are defying the rules of biology. Their survival strategy not only redefines the limits of life but also raises urgent questions about ecosystems ...

A lifetime of rich social connections, from warm parental relationships in childhood to deep community engagement in adulthood, may physically slow the aging process at a cellular level. New research ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb.

A brand-new engineering approach to generate "designer" biological robots using human lung cells is underway in Carnegie ...