Life's essential functions are powered by a set of compounds called metabolites, which are involved in every natural process, ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the virus, ...

Rocket Lab has launched its workhorse Electron rocket for the third time in two weeks. The New Zealand-based company ...

In labs that operate 24/7, staff safety while arriving and leaving late at night should be prioritized through consideration of parking distance, lighting, and sightlines.

Interventions involving bacteria or fungi could help to sequester greenhouse gases, create more sustainable products and ...

Five years on from the first UK lockdown, the origin of the virus is still hotly contested. Dr Alina Chan was the scientist who was labelled a conspiracist when she went against the official view it ...

The CIA, FBI, German intelligence and the former head of MI6 all say they think Covid started with a lab leak. Why do members ...

Some Western scientists quickly suspected the odd virus had resided in a lab freezer for a couple of decades ... The goal ...

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on ...

New findings add weight to the theory that COVID-19 originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Experts point to lax ...

There are two theories: market (or zoonosis) and lab leak. In my mind, neither theory is proven. The bar for proof in science is high, and both theories only have circumstantial evidence in their ...

The first phase of the new center will offer a biosafety laboratory for testing pathogens and toxins, as well as an analytical chemistry laboratory for measuring chemical residues in water and seafood ...