Experts say the emerging tech can dramatically accelerate advances in drug discovery, diagnostics and precision medicine.

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...

The transition from non-life to life was very likely aided by an asteroid hitting Earth, prebiotic chemistry, molecular ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

HCPs and key opinion leaders (KOLs) have always been central to the success of new therapies, shaping how innovations reach patients and influencing the trajectory of scientific understanding within ...

Do you go the cremation route? What about human composting or a green burial? What’s the easiest option? But then, what’s the best option for planet Earth? If you want your last act on Earth to also ...

Jupiter’s icy moons may have been seeded with the chemical ingredients for life from the very beginning. An international ...

Outlining four developments set to change how life-sciences organizations design, deploy, and govern intelligent systems in the year ahead.

For more than a decade, Evan Economo's lab has been using micro-CT machines to scan insect specimens. The resulting X-ray images help researchers study the form and structure of insects—a subfield of ...

Using art as an entry point can help make the science of human embryology more accessible. “Art is a magnet for engagement and curiosity,” Barresi says. “Art invites people in and puts them in a more ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...