Scientists at the Salk Institute are working to develop crops that will pull more carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the soil. NBC News' Chase Cain reports on what that means for climate ...

Researchers at the Salk Institute think they’ve found a way to reduce the need for fertilizer in our farm fields. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge has more on what a fungus does for plant ...

What happened in the study that we recently published shows that the regulation of the genes is now different," said Professor Joseph Ecker with the Salk Institute. A particular protein involved ...

“Polio still exists, but it has been really tamped down,” said Gerald Joyce, president of the La Jolla-based Salk Institute for Biological Studies, which Salk founded in 1960. “It’s a ...

Authored by Salk PIs, the study claims women attract more federal funding, yet have smaller labs and receive less support from the institute. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021.