A newly recognized set of T helper cells seems to guard against aging by eliminating harmful senescent cells. Their presence in supercentenarians suggests they may be a key to maintaining a healthier, ...

This is the seventh installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. In a matter of weeks, “6 7” has transformed from two sequential numbers to a phrase so ...

The new ingredient is positioned as an ‘insurance policy’ against cocoa supply chain volatility and says the bio-identical ingredient could stabilize supply as climate change strains traditional crops ...

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself. The discovery of these ...

Scientists have used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs capable of producing early embryos, an advance that could expand possibilities for fertility treatment, according to new research. The ...

This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

Chloë Grace Moretz marries partner of 7 years Kate Harrison in secret ceremony with ‘fishing, horseback riding and poker’ 58 shot, 8 dead, in Chicago amid Trump's threat to deploy National Guard Hours ...

Drug policy is an easy thing to get wrong and a difficult thing to get right. Most drug policy experts agree that total prohibition has failed, but there is little consensus on what might actually ...

Background: B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6) is increasingly recognized as a driver of cancer progression; however, the precise molecular mechanisms by which BCL6 facilitates high-grade serous ovarian cancer ...

Brain cells named for stars are finally getting their time to shine. Three distinct studies, published May 15 in Science, show that astrocytes, once thought of as support cells, powerfully shape how ...

Until now, cells dividing by mitosis were thought to grow round and then split into two identical, spherical daughter cells. New research has found that some cells are isomorphic, meaning they retain ...