Consciousness may extend beyond the current definition of death, enduring even after the heart stops and the brain falls silent, a bombshell study claims. US researchers who reviewed cases of ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. When Kulindu Vithanachchi’s phone lit up with an update from the National Science ...

BlueRidge Life Sciences (“BlueRidge”), a leading life sciences consulting and services platform and a portfolio company of Renovus Capital Partners, today announced the acquisition of Design Science, ...

Chiba, Japan, January 12, 2026—A team at Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has published a field-defining Perspective that places the societal payoff of quantum ...

Life sciences mergers and acquisitions surged back in force in 2025, as pharmaceutical and med-tech companies moved aggressively to shore up pipelines and offset looming revenue losses, according to ...

After holding its breath for several rough years, Greater Boston’s life sciences sector is cautiously coming up for air. It was a year of devastating uncertainty for the sector and its roughly 75,000 ...

Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their potential hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and ...

Life sciences dealmaking came back in 2025, and artificial intelligence is poised to drive even more M&A activity in 2026 as companies move from hyping the technology to proving its value in drug ...

Scientists believe they’ve found evidence that life on Earth is over a billion years older than anyone believed was realistic. New research used machine learning to scan ancient meteorites and fossils ...