Plastic pollution may be carrying a hidden chemical payload across Japan’s coastal waters. A study led by researchers at Japan’s...

A single strand of optical fiber may soon do far more than carry data. Researchers have reported a new approach...

Dogs have been living alongside humans for thousands of years, but new archaeological, genetic and ethnographic evidence suggests that their...

Neuroblastoma, a cancer of the developing nervous system, has long challenged researchers because its behavior can vary dramatically from one...

A new study published in the British Journal of Cancer is challenging the way lung-cancer risk is discussed among people...

A new study is challenging one of the most persistent assumptions in space manufacturing: that building advanced composite structures beyond...

Cancer researchers have reported a new strategy that combines bacterial tumor targeting, nutrient deprivation and immune stimulation in a single...

A quiet shift in silicon manufacturing could be taking shape inside a new study on porous reaction-bonded silicon nitride, a...

A short-term decision to eat fewer or no animal products may begin reshaping the human body at the molecular level...

Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, a progressive disorder that can gradually cloud the cornea and impair vision, may be driven by...

Lung adenocarcinoma is one of the most common forms of lung cancer and remains a major cause of cancer-related death...

The apparent benefits of updated COVID-19 vaccines in older adults may be influenced by more than the vaccines themselves, according...

Ebola vaccine research has taken a step toward broader protection against one of the most persistent challenges in filovirus medicine:...

Magnetic resonance imaging has long offered clinicians an extraordinarily detailed view of the human body, but turning those images into...

A newly reported nucleus pulposus cell population could reshape how scientists understand the spine’s natural capacity for repair. In a...

Pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants is emerging as one of the most difficult cardiovascular and respiratory problems in neonatal medicine,...

Social imitation is often described with the language of energy. One person adopts an opinion because it appears socially advantageous,...

The first spoonful of solid food marks more than a milestone in an infant’s daily routine. It also begins a...

Bladder cancer is providing scientists with a sharper view of how inherited DNA and smoking-related biology combine to influence cancer...

Glioblastoma has long been regarded as one of the most difficult cancers to understand and treat, not only because of...