Optimal packing problems have inspired mathematicians for centuries. Biophysicists now add a layer to the question: How do ...

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 undated image provided by the Mitalipov Laboratory at Oregon Health & Science University shows a a microscope image of a human egg that contains a nucleus taken from a skin cell. (Mitalipov ...

Celebrity Climate activist Greta Thunberg claims she’s been subjected to heinous conditions inside a bedbug-infested Israeli holding cell following her detention as part of an aid flotilla bound for ...

As President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats clash ahead of a partial government shutdown that could start Oct. 1, thousands of federal workers are faced with potential furloughs. Barring a ...

The second track on Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, is called “Elizabeth Taylor.” The lyrics to the song reference Taylor’s famous fragrance, White Diamonds, and mention places she ...

Sakaguchi's 1995 discovery of regulatory T cells revealed a complex immune tolerance system beyond central tolerance. Brunkow and Ramsdell identified the Foxp3 gene mutation in 2001, linking it to ...

The US government is shutting down after Republicans and Democrats rejected one another's stopgap funding proposals. Healthcare was the principal sticking point for the two parties, but the result is ...

A drug that costs 5p per tablet and is already widely used to treat malaria may also cut the chances of breast cancer recurring. Scientists at Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center and the University ...