Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome. Transposons play critical roles in immune response, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: We are generating staggering amounts of data every day. Data centers just can’t keep up with the demand. With data storage needs expected to soar in ...

Identifying signs of life in ancient rocks is hard. It is not enough to find organic molecules—rocks of all sorts contain them but “organic” just means the molecules contain chains of carbon atoms.

For years, the approach to sepsis in acute care settings has been the same: early warning alerts and standardized care protocols. Unfortunately, it hasn’t moved the needle. Sepsis still affects 2.5 ...

The Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Stevens Institute of Technology has completely transformed its longtime chemical biology teaching laboratory into a state-of-the-art space for ...

Jan Witkowski is the former executive director of the Banbury Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and an editor, with Alex Gann, of The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix. James D. Watson was ...