A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic ...

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell—from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell ...

Researchers have built a small-scale computer that runs on thermal noise, the random electrical fluctuations that conventional chip designers spend billions trying to suppress. The device, called a ...

A tiny piece of moss helped expose a cemetery scandal in Illinois, where workers allegedly dug up graves and resold burial plots. By identifying the moss and analyzing its chlorophyll to estimate its ...

Researchers leveraged advanced technologies and artificial intelligence to hasten the process of generating 2,000 3D digital ...

Over the past 10 years, FIU has been recognized five times as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars. Below are the 2024–2025 faculty and staff awardees: Associate professor of biological sciences, ...

Learn the distinctions between simple and stratified random sampling. Understand how researchers use these methods to accurately represent data populations.

In a unique class hosted at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, early-career ecologists learned to apply emerging ...

Sampling allows archaeologists to draw conclusions about a site or region using only a fraction of the area. Because excavation is destructive and funding is limited, leaving parts unexcavated can be ...

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...