Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) are exploring an unusual biological strategy to reduce the danger posed by lead exposure:...

Iron is indispensable to life, but inside a cell it can become a chemical hazard. The metal helps mitochondria produce...

Long before a sunspot darkens the Sun’s visible surface, the magnetic forces that create it may already be leaving a...

Researchers at Swansea University have led a major European investigation into how poverty and social disadvantage influence survival among children...

The University of Tennessee Herbert College of Agriculture has launched a new Bachelor of Science in Bioinformatics, creating what the...

A new study is turning structural safety into a problem that artificial intelligence can understand without losing sight of the...

A new study from Brazil’s sprawling Metropolitan Region of São Paulo has revealed how dramatically urban expansion can reshape the...

MIT engineers have developed a microscope that can record electrical activity from neurons distributed across the entire brain of a...

Penn State researchers have developed a microscopic “invisibility cloak” that may allow transplanted insulin-producing cells to function inside the body...

Artificial intelligence can estimate the biological age of individual human organs by reading microscopic patterns in tissue architecture, according to...

A frog that scientists have heard and observed for decades has finally received its own scientific identity. Researchers from the...

A newly published study has identified the protein Acbd7 as a critical guardian of the sensory cells that allow mammals...

Glasses are often celebrated for their strength, stability and resistance to deformation. Yet the very features that make a glass...

Surgical AI Faces Its Defining Test: Can Industry-Built Systems Be Independently Trusted? Artificial intelligence is moving from the research laboratory...

A high-rise building can appear perfectly still while the ground beneath it is constantly moving. Traffic, trains, construction, ocean waves,...

Ribosomes, the molecular machines that translate genetic information into proteins, face an unexpected obstacle when they build proteins embedded in...

A digital health application designed to address the often overlooked emotional and psychosocial consequences of multiple sclerosis has shown significant...

ARLINGTON, Va., August 13, 2026 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is reshaping...

Coffee consumption may be associated with a healthier pattern of body fat, muscle mass and metabolic regulation, according to a...

Genomic newborn screening is often presented as a technological upgrade to one of public health’s most established success stories: the...