The university sets out to ask what its degree is really worth — and hints at “potentially unpopular” reforms.

Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.

I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.

Recent changes in Genentech’s scientific organization, occurring as the company makes artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly central to its research strategy, highlight a broader question facing bi...

TRAM is a regulator of myddosome assembly through dissociating MyD88 from the TLR–TIRAP complex to enable myddosome maturation and durable downstream signal transduction.

TRAM is a regulator of myddosome assembly through dissociating MyD88 from the TLR–TIRAP complex to enable myddosome maturation and durable downstream signal transduction.

How cumulative environmental allergen exposures are encoded by peripheral sensory neurons to shape immune responsiveness is unclear. Zhu et al. show that protease allergens induce an mTORC1-dependent,...

Below are five charts on which professions earn the most trust from Americans, which professions earn the least, and how Americans feel about the ordinary American

Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...

While the Trump administration racks up ‘wins’ in its anti-woke crusade, the US is eroding its talent pipeline

A new Census Bureau report offers concrete evidence of how certain majors are faring in the job market — which may shift what students choose to study.

How cumulative environmental allergen exposures are encoded by peripheral sensory neurons to shape immune responsiveness is unclear. Zhu et al. show that protease allergens induce an mTORC1-dependent,...

A Cornell committee made nearly 70 recommendations that it says will reorient the university to its core purpose.

A federal judge on Thursday struck down an Education Department directive that cut $600 million from teacher-training grants based on what officials called “divisive ideologies.”

The National Institutes of Health’s screening process for grants violates the First Amendment, more than a dozen researchers argue.

The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.

Colleges are going all in on artificial intelligence. But it could be a long time before independent research emerges on how it should—or shouldn’t—be used to improve learning outcomes.

A departing researcher says AI companies are ‘gambling with our lives’ by racing to develop self-improving AI. A senior Anthropic safety researcher has said there is more than a 10 percent chance arti...

Under his tenure, UMass Boston climbed the U.S. rankings of public research universities, earning top-tier status from the Carnegie Foundation in 2025. And he helped oversee a long-overdue $293 millio...

Universities that hide from the technology will merely secure their irrelevance.

The battle over Covid’s origins has come for Bob Garry, who’s faced some of the world’s deadliest viral threats.

A swarm of rogue AI agents from OpenAI reportedly commandeered a German website and transformed it into a messaging board for other agents, with officials staying quiet about the incident for weeks as...

The Treasury Department released rules that would upend how schools qualify for tax-exempt status, a new front in the president’s campaign against higher education.

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Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in country

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman gave Axios an eye-opening preview of the power and the risks of coming AI models, including his own Astra, which is expected to be released any day now.

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In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.

This is one of the most famous paintings in America, and most people have no idea what they are actually looking at... The painting is Christina's World, made by Andrew Wyeth in 1948, and the woman w...

A new model in Vermont emphasizes hands-on learning while stripping away frills like gyms and meal plans that increase costs. Other newly created institutions are also reimagining college.

A renowned scientist at UMass Chan Medical School is moving his lab to Canada. The Canadian government named RNA researcher Phillip Zamore among the first recipients of awards that will total more tha...

A renowned scientist at UMass Chan Medical School is moving his lab to Canada. The Canadian government named RNA researcher Phillip Zamore among the first recipients of awards that will total more tha...

"On the current course and speed, there's a very high chance of a net negative outcome," Gates told Axios.