Artificial intelligence is getting closer to solving protein folding. New method predicts structures 1 million times faster than previous methods.

Five Corrections to The New York Times

Letter in Response to Jan. 17 Article in The New York Times

New study by Harvard Medical School researchers sheds light on the molecular repertoire of neurons responsible for encoding sound in the inner ear, which could inform efforts to develop therapeutic strategies to treat or protect against hearing loss

Harvard scientists discover a completely new, rare type of cell in human lungs

Most studies that have researched breast cancer mutations have been performed in women of European ancestry, but the mutation-disease associations in that racial background may not hold true for other women.

Companies like Google are required to “erase” and “rectify” personal data for valid requests “without undue delay." With ambiguity embedded in nearly every requirement of this provision…

"Platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram leverage the very same neural circuitry used by slot machines and cocaine to keep us using their products as much as possible."

A new technique to analyze, with unprecedented quantitative precision, how cells initiate the removal of defective mitochondria by the cell’s autophagy, or “self-eating,” system

New microscope creates 3D movies of cells in living organisms. "It's like Star Trek" say Harvard researchers.

Scientists reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single cell

A single sensory experience can trigger dramatic gene expression changes in the brain, showing how nature and nurture are pretty much the same

Aging and neurodegeneration are associated with increased mutations in single human neurons

We can make (practically) any molecule we want. Drugs fail in clinical trials because we don't understand the biology.

Rainy weather has long been blamed for achy joints and back pain. Past research has yielded mixed results

Harvard and Cornell scientists generated near-atomic resolution snapshots of CRISPR that reveal key steps in its mechanism of action

Origin of human consciousness may lie in newly pinpointed brain network

A gene that regulates bone growth and muscle metabolism in mammals may take on an additional role as a promoter of brain maturation, cognition, and learning in human and nonhuman primates.

Autism and evolution

Bugs on Screen (Scientists film bacteria’s maneuvers as they become impervious to drugs )

Contact lens designed to deliver glaucoma medication to the eye

Love's many splendors begin with empathy & attachment: The scientific evidence is unmistakable: Whatever this thing called love is, we humans need it

E-Readers Foil Good Night’s Sleep

Mind-body Genomics (2013)

Crispr: A game-changing genetic engineering technique

Lung cancer to brain metastases are common

When Good Gut Bacteria Get Sick: Computational algorithms provide insight into how gut microbiota respond to infection over time