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Esther Jimenez transforms inventors’ passions into patent applications to help get new technologies to market.

The Andean leaf-eared mouse is happy living at both sea level and at 22,000 feet. A new genomic study reveals how it adapts.

A global genetic study of 2.8 million people revealed that blood triglyceride levels and liver function help drive irritable bowel syndrome risk.

Therapeutic antibodies selectively eliminated existing stem cells in mice while sparing gene-edited donor cells, offering a safer strategy for stem cell transplants.

​By repurposing ancient feeding signals, clonal raider ants coordinate brood care and foraging, offering new insights into the evolution of social behavior.

Postdoctoral researchers face extreme career precarity. Funding pressures and systemic bottlenecks have sparked a global movement to restructure postdoctoral training.

This postdoctoral researcher develops high-resolution climate simulations to project extreme rainfall and flood risks, enhancing regional resilience planning.

Pavan Subramani started doing molecular dynamics simulations for computational drug discovery alongside his high school coursework, sparking an interest in a STEM career. 

Ultrasound and artificial intelligence-guided algae microrobots delivered chemotherapy deep into tumors in mice, paving the way to improved bladder cancer care.

Human-derived organoids improved heart function in pigs with ischemic heart disease, laying the groundwork for their therapeutic potential in humans.

This postdoctoral researcher explores how metabolic states, such as after a meal, influence T cell immunity and functional programming.