Northeastern University researchers resurrected an extinct plant gene, turning back the evolutionary clock to pave a path forward for the development and discovery of new drugs.

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there are things beyond the DNA sequence,” says Xiaoqi Feng, a plant geneticist at ...

Research from Harvard Forest identified a crucial relationship between precipitation patterns and soil types in New England. Short bursts of rain onto rocky New England soil leads to rapid drainage ...