Swallowing is one of those bodily functions most people perform hundreds of times a day without a second thought, yet...

For the first time, scientists have captured direct, whole-brain evidence that computerized cognitive training physically strengthens the aging brain’s cholinergic...

Aging is often described as the accumulation of damage inside our cells, but a growing body of evidence suggests that...

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A team of biomedical engineers in Halifax, Canada, has demonstrated that a low-cost, handheld 3D ultrasound system can map the...

MRI scans of the brain are revealing subtle but measurable structural and functional changes in survivors of intimate partner violence,...

Acute liver failure is one of medicine’s most unforgiving emergencies. When large numbers of hepatocytes, the liver’s principal working cells,...

Forensic genetics has long relied on a workhorse technology that, despite decades of refinement, has always had a fundamental blind...

CAR T-cell therapy has produced some of the most striking remissions in modern medicine against B-cell leukemias and lymphomas, yet...

In the war against one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases, a new front is opening in an unexpected...

Chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV), one of the most damaging immunosuppressive pathogens in global poultry production, is undergoing an aggressive...

The flavor of a glass of sheep’s milk, long assumed to be dictated primarily by the animal’s genetics and diet,...

In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about one of the world’s most persistent parasitic infections, researchers in...

In a discovery that could reshape how industries break down stubborn biological waste, researchers at Ghent University have identified a...

The human breast is far more than a uniform sheet of milk-producing tissue. It is a mosaic of distinct epithelial...

Wheat feeds billions of people, but the hidden half of the plant—the root system that anchors it and draws water...

Willow trees have quietly shaped human medicine for millennia, from ancient brews of willow bark to the synthesis of aspirin,...

Adults living with type 1 diabetes for decades show subtle dips in memory and processing speed, but a new study...

Concrete is the backbone of modern infrastructure, yet its most stubborn weakness lies in how little it can stretch before...

Rice blast, the fungal disease long regarded as the single most destructive threat to the world’s most important staple crop,...