Microbiology

Excerpts from 'The Puzzle Solver'

Stanford launched its own test early in the pandemic — but the challenges kept on coming

How the new coronavirus penetrates, exploits and kills cells, and how an army of scientists aims to destroy it

A sampler of COVID-19 research

Better cancer diagnostics and treatments are in the works

Scientists lay out the different ways we age

Inflammation from a simple infection can awaken a silent genetic defect in rats that carry it, resulting in a deadly form of pulmonary hypertension, a study shows.

When nerve cells’ power packs go wrong

Surprising and sometimes strange biology fuels the future of medicine

Plans, dreams and day-to-day work for a team studying the sense of touch