What am I going to do with these kids, I wondered. I had agreed to oversee an after-hours science club at a local elementary school to teach a bunch of third-graders about ecology. I had been looking ...

In 2005, few neuroscientists would have bet that electron microscopy could map entire neural circuits in three dimensions. The technique was slow and cumbersome, offering only thin slices of brain ...

Science makes our lives better. Now it’s at risk. Join us in asking Congress to reject drastic cuts to research. Heart disease. Natural disasters. Rising food costs. Childhood cancer. Toxic chemicals ...

The School of Science, Engineering and Technology at Brandeis University encompasses 14 departments and programs granting 26 degrees at the bachelor’s, master’s and PhD levels. Students work together ...

Confocal microscopy captures both the structure and the motion of the rod-like particles in detail. At low density, they form an ordered crystal (left). At higher density, the particles can still ...

Scanning electron microscopy images of cultured macrophages. Macrophages with MafB (WT) look mature and well-shaped, while those without MafB (KO) appear round and less developped.