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by Haim Mooregraphics by MacKenzie Mauger When you get sick or injured, you will usually notice redness, heat, swelling, and pain. These symptoms are, interestingly, not the result of the pathogen or damage themselves, but rather of the reaction of…

Novel CRISPR-based gene drive technology engineers fruit flies to introduce desired genes into a population in a controlled manner.

A theoretical study finds that restructuring the US electricity power grid to rely solely on renewable energy sources will improve the grid’s resilience to local disruptions.

by Isabella Grabskifigures by Allie Elchert There are many ways in which our brains track, process, and use time to help us function. One mechanism by which they do so is motor timing. Motor timing relates to our ability to carry out any physical task…

A new type of ultrawhite paint could help keep buildings cooler and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

An international team of researchers sequenced the microbes from dental scrapings of Neanderthals to understand more about their diet.

The DNA from children of Chernobyl survivors has been sequenced and does not show higher levels of mutations than other children.

Jasmin Joseph-Chazan is a second-year PhD student in the Immunology department at Harvard University. You can find her on Twitter as @chazanjasmin. Isabella Fraschilla is a Ph.D. student in the Immunology Program at Harvard Medical School. She is…

by Isabella Fraschilla Gertrude Elion Despite never receiving a PhD, Gertrude Elion was awarded the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine. She shared this prize with Sir James Black and her mentor George Hitchings for revolutionizing pharmacology by…

Transplantation of symbiotic bacteria to heat-sensitive corals helps protect them against bleaching, but many questions remain.