Foundations of Science

Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal stain cells and uncover the intricate secrets of the nervous system.

American scientist Florence Seibert developed a reliable test for TB, which has helped saved millions of lives.

The length of our telomeres, the caps on the ends of chromosomes, can predict how well we’re aging.

Taking a design cue from the animal world, mimicking a porcupine quill might help make a more effective—and less painful—needle.

Macrophages, the human immune system’s horde of cells that clear the body’s detritus by eating it, may be induced to gorge — in the name of helping combat Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

At the close of WWI, an estimated 50 million people died from the Spanish flu. Masks were the uninfected’s main line of defense.

The next generation of diabetes treatments involve overriding glucose absorption in the kidneys, an uptick in gut hormones, and ditching the finger prick.