Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene—together known as BTEX—are among the most widespread and stubborn organic pollutants on the planet. These...

Microplastics have become one of the most pervasive pollutants on the planet, turning up everywhere from the deepest ocean trenches...

Hereditary hemochromatosis has long been one of medicine’s deceptively simple puzzles. Patients accumulate iron because their bodies fail to regulate...

A single protein long suspected of linking the ageing brain to neurodegenerative disease is stepping into the spotlight. In a...

For decades, biologists have treated protein abundance as the closest available proxy for what a cell is actually doing. Measure...

Scientists have unveiled a significantly upgraded CRISPR base editing platform that combines near-unrestricted DNA targeting with pinpoint accuracy and markedly...

Sugarcane is one of the world’s most important crops, underpinning global sugar supplies, bioethanol production and, increasingly, renewable biomass for...

Pathology is undergoing a quiet revolution, and a new study published in Nature Cancer may accelerate it dramatically. A research...

A mineral that healers in China have prescribed for centuries to calm the blood and quell vomiting may carry a...

Researchers in China have transformed a polysaccharide extracted from the rhizomes of Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua, a plant long valued in...

Plant cells are famously sociable, but the way they talk to one another has long been one of the hardest...

Misplacing your keys, glasses, wallet or phone is one of those small domestic frustrations that almost everyone knows intimately. But...

Tea is one of the most consumed beverages on Earth, yet the plant behind it is surprisingly fragile when temperatures...

Triple-negative breast cancer has long been one of the most stubborn targets in oncology. Lacking the estrogen and progesterone receptors...

Insomnia is one of the most common health complaints in the modern world, and yet the field’s first-line treatment remains...

A team of researchers in Saudi Arabia has developed a family of multiphase nanocomposites that can pull one of the...

Intracerebral hemorrhage is the deadliest and most disabling form of stroke, yet some of its cruelest consequences unfold quietly, months...

A team of cryptographers in China has unveiled the first publicly verifiable encryption scheme capable of withstanding the most aggressive...

A sweeping analysis of India’s plant variety protection records has revealed a remarkable story of grassroots innovation: individual farmers, not...

Artificial intelligence has taken another step into the exam room, and this time the target is one of the most...