Scientists have taken a major step toward the ambitious global goal of “redefining the second” by the end of this decade. A study published this week details how researchers from six different ...

A federal judge ordered the release of Kseniia Petrova, the Russian-born Harvard scientist who another federal judge previously said was unjustly detained by customs officials. At a June 12 ...

A Chinese scientist was arrested while arriving in the U.S. at the Detroit airport, the second case in days involving the alleged smuggling of biological material, authorities said Monday.

US reports another arrest of Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material The scientist was interviewed and arrested Sunday after arriving on a flight from China.

Scientists found a way to make the HIV virus visible, potentially laying the groundwork for ways to banish it from the body altogether.

Scientists have discovered that a molecule known for defending animal immune systems called itaconate also plays a powerful role in plants. Researchers showed that itaconate not only exists in ...

Harvard and PSI scientists have managed to freeze normally fleeting quantum states in time, creating a pathway to control them using pure electronic tricks and laser precision.

Scientists Are Pretty Close to Replicating the First Thing That Ever Lived At some point, RNA must have replicated itself before the evolutionary arrival of DNA and proteins, and now we might know ...

A federal judge ruled in favor of Russian Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova, detained by ICE for smuggling charges, ahead of her criminal bail hearing.

A federal judge granted bail Wednesday to Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova, who has spent more than three months in custody after failing to declare frog embryos upon arriving in the United ...

Scientists describe how they’re preparing for the upcoming field season despite the challenges.