Feb 12 Science students, why did you choose basic research? By Bridget Shirvell We want to know more about why students who are focusing on basic research have made that decision. What about it excites you? Frustrates you?… Continue reading
Jan 22 What a glowing green worm can teach us about our immune systems By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Dennis Kim, associate professor of biology at MIT, spends his days carefully raising worms that are no bigger than a comma. The students in his lab feed them, watching them grow and multiply on petri dishes that sit in a… Continue reading
Mar 26 U.S. Seeks AIDS Vaccine Research Overhaul By Admin, PBS News Hour The head of the federal government's AIDS vaccine research program said Tuesday that the focus should shift from large-scale human vaccine trials back to basic research. Continue reading