Deep in the steppes of Central Anatolia, a quiet microbial drama is unfolding on the backs of tortoises. Researchers at...

When an earthquake flattens a city block or a landslide buries a hillside road, rescue teams face the same brutal...

Meningiomas are the most common primary tumors of the central nervous system, accounting for up to 40 percent of all...

Systemic lupus erythematosus has long been regarded as a disease defined by inflammation. Rheumatologists track its activity with antibodies, complement...

Scientists have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that can break down polyethylene terephthalate, the world’s most widely used polyester, directly in...

Rice feeds more people on Earth than almost any other crop, and nowhere is that dependence more pronounced than in...

Diabetic nephropathy, the gradual failure of the kidneys brought on by chronic high blood sugar, remains one of the most...

Deep inside the developing human body, an ancient cellular recycling system appears to be hard at work long before a...

Synthetic anatomies are quietly becoming one of the most powerful tools in modern medicine. When surgeons rehearse a complex spinal...

Aphids are among the most quietly destructive forces in agriculture, draining sap from crops and manipulating the very plants they...

Breast cancer is rising quickly in Malaysia, and for the first time researchers have produced a detailed, population-specific accounting of...

Esophageal cancer has long been one of the most lethal and unforgiving of the major malignancies, but the ground beneath...

Scientists have brewed up a new weapon against cancer and drug-resistant bacteria using one of the world’s most fragrant plants....

When a cell faces heat, toxins, viral attack, or DNA damage, it does something remarkable: it stops translating most of...

For the first time, scientists have watched individual nerve fibers die and regrow inside a living mammal, day after day,...

Triple-negative breast cancer has long been one of the most stubborn challenges in oncology. It lacks the three molecular targets...

A sweeping new analysis of 46 African countries has found that nearly three-quarters of the continent’s health systems are operating...

In a rare glimpse into the hidden architecture of an inherited blood disorder, researchers have used cutting-edge long-read genome sequencing...

In a result that could reshape how chemists build some of the world’s most important antibiotics, researchers at the California...

Deep in the mountains of Central Europe, a small, evergreen clubmoss known as Huperzia selago has become the unlikely star...