After months of preparation, applications and interviews, senior biochemistry major Gracie Hines received her acceptance letter to WVU’s biomedical studies Ph.D. program, a moment she describes as ...

The West Virginia Alliance for STEM and the Arts hosted a screening of Small Town Universe at WVU Friday night as part of its ...

Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life. Felisa Wolfe-Simon, a research scientist who presented findings in 2010 that suggested arsenic could be a building ...

Mar. 4, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that what was previously thought to be a unique seaweed species of bladderwrack for the Baltic Sea is in fact a giant clone of common bladderwrack ...

The life sciences industry has recently been rocked by dramatic changes in how healthcare is provided, how drugs are developed and researched, the technologies available that enable companies to ...

Even for an industry that depends on relentless innovation to thrive, life sciences have seen remarkable advancements in recent decades. From the Human Genome Project paving the way for precision ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...

A West Virginia University student from Fayetteville is among four university students vying to become the 71st Mountaineer mascot that will wear buckskins, a coonskin cap and carry a rifle as ...

which was published Feb. 14 in the journal Science Advances. "It suggests that the evolution of complex life may be less about luck and more about the interplay between life and its environment ...

What if I told you plants might be our long-lost cousins? It sounds wild, but science shows we share more with the plant world than you might think — from surprising genetic links to the fact ...