Genetics

A review of author Jordan Matter's Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday, a photography book merging pirouettes and pavement.

November 23, 2012 4:13am | By Jenna Marotta

A Canadian biopharmaceutical company is 'programming' tobacco plants with the genetic sequences of infectious diseases to 'grow' highly effective vaccines at scale.

1 | November 21, 2012 4:50pm | By David Worthington

Scientific American released its list of 10 world-changing ideas, which include civilian uses for drones, popping pills to prevent Alzheimer's and genome sequencing for fetuses.

5 | November 18, 2012 9:38pm | By Laura Shin

MADRID -- Part 2 of 2. Do drugs really harm the brain? Can video games really increase brainpower?

9 | November 16, 2012 3:04am | By Jennifer Riggins

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are using the Sequoia supercomputer and a code called Cardioid to model the beating human heart in real time for the first time.

1 | November 12, 2012 6:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Accommodations for colorblind people are increasing as designers, manufacturers and others learn how to do so. Plus, several new technologies that can help.

November 6, 2012 7:49am | By Andrew Nusca

Yahoo will soon begin selling home genetic testing kits for the general public to find out if they are susceptible to particular diseases.

2 | November 5, 2012 4:58am | By Charlie Osborne

The engineering school at Columbia University is developing an institute that will focus on analyzing huge data sets in innovative, interdisciplinary ways.

1 | November 3, 2012 8:29pm | By Reena Jana

With crowdfunding, the masses could help spur development of a cure for the cancer that killed Steve Jobs.

2 | October 25, 2012 8:30pm | By Laura Shin

A new study will help researchers better understand which symptoms are the most predictive of cancer.

October 17, 2012 8:52am | By Tyler Falk

Mount Sinai School of Medicine has announced the launch of a new course in which students can have a go at sequencing their own DNA.

October 13, 2012 8:18am | By Charlie Osborne

A new rapid 2-day technology sequences the genomes of newborn babies, shortening the time for diagnoses down from weeks and jumpstarting treatments.

October 12, 2012 12:33pm | By Janet Fang

An international consortium of researchers will be testing 4 new vaccines simultaneously in KwaZulu-Natal province, where one in 5 adults is infected with HIV.

October 11, 2012 10:00pm | By Janet Fang

The new sensor can detect four different molecules, and may be a breakthrough that allows precise environmental monitoring by cells.

1 | October 9, 2012 6:57am | By Charlie Osborne

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to two scientists who laid the groundwork for us to someday rebuild our bodies using tissues created from our own cells.

1 | October 8, 2012 7:30pm | By Laura Shin

DELHI -- But politics and a money crunch prevent action to stop the rapid loss of nature.

1 | October 8, 2012 12:00am | By Betwa Sharma

Scientists may have engineered a solution for babies who are allergic to certain milk proteins.

5 | October 3, 2012 9:52pm | By Janet Fang

One of the largest agricultural associations on the continent has thrown its support behind the controversial crop's use in South Africa and its export to neighboring states.

5 | October 2, 2012 3:33am | By Dave Mayers

Are we less innovative and imaginative than 50 years ago? Or is amazing innovation just now so commonplace it has become routine?

5 | September 27, 2012 8:11am | By Joe McKendrick

An analysis shows that the top 20 most commonly selected PIN numbers alarmingly account for over a quarter of what's being used by all bank customers.

1 | September 27, 2012 4:30am | By Tuan C. Nguyen