The biological detection system also could be useful for cattle and poultry diagnostic tests, as well as for pets such as dogs and cats.

Study reveals potential links between changes in a baby’s immune system and increased susceptibility and occurrence of diseases later in life.

Op-ed: Psychiatrist explains how consumerist culture has warped Americans’ brains into reckless spending.

Sugar-fed yeast — long used for homebrewed alcohol — can yield drugs ranging from antibiotics to morphine. That may be where the government draws the line.

Four quasars, each one a rare object in its own right, have been found in close physical proximity to each other.

Veteran researcher has developed a new approach based on an old vaccine and recent advances in HIV immunology.

The answer is devastating news for Earth’s largest animals.

Parkinson’s disease profoundly affects learning and memory as it progresses, and there currently are no good treatments for these aspects of the disease.

Fruit fly genomics project included more than 900 students nationwide doing original research.

Girls with autism show distinct differences in their brains and behavior, compared with autistic boys and with normally developing girls.

Rock-bottom earnings all but guarantee a climate in which food servers put up with harassment just to eke out a living. UC Berkeley's Saru Jayaraman is trying to change that.

Tech companies are funding research to find strategies to recruit and retain women and minorities in computer science majors.