Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields. Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University was honored for her 55-year career investigating how ...

FDA emphasizes a shift from checkbox compliance to a holistic, quality systems-focused approach in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Post-warning letter meetings require demonstrated implementation of ...

Iberian harvester ant queens have a unique superpower: They can lay eggs that hatch into an entirely different species. This discovery, described in a new paper published September 3 in the journal ...

Jerome Ingle-Smith was just seven years old when he took up needlework. Under the watchful eye of his grandmother and seamstress Rosie Roe, he learned the art of stitching, spending long hours with a ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A single drop of water falls from the roof of the cavern, awakening the Wraith. His eyes light up, flaring icy ...

For the first time, researchers at Umeå University have observed the same type of programmed cell death in microalgae as in humans. The discovery, published in Nature Communications, shows that this ...

A honeybee hive, with its large stores of pollen, wax, and honey, is like a fortress guarding treasure: with strong defenses, but a bonanza for enemies that can overcome those. More than 30 parasites ...

With programs in ecology, evolution and behavior ranked among the nation’s top 10 and a strong network of biological research field stations, our biological scientists are leading the way in ...

Sep. 30, 2025 — Scientists have kept a tiny slice of cochlea alive outside the body, directly witnessing how hair cells amplify sound. The finding confirms a universal principle of hearing and could ...

Sep. 25, 2025 — Shark experts tested four innovative wetsuit materials to measure how well they reduce shark-bite injuries. The results show they can lessen major trauma, blood loss, and even save ...