Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has traditionally been described as a disease of motor neurons—the nerve cells that carry signals from...

Exotic Quantum Phase Could Turn Nearly Immobile Fractons Into a New Platform for Information Storage A new computational study has...

A review and opinion article in The Lancet has raised the possibility that blood transfusions could, under rare and as-yet...

A new species of groundsnake from the forests of New Guinea has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash,...

Pathology has entered an era in which a single medical image can contain more information than any human can comfortably...

Gliomas are among the most difficult cancers to treat, not only because of their location and invasive growth, but also...

McGill University researchers have developed a more efficient way to build artificial intelligence systems that can recognize when they may...

Cancer treatments that stop tumors from growing may also leave behind a potentially dangerous population of “undead” cells, according to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Before the first cells enclosed chemistry inside membranes, life faced a basic logistical problem: molecules needed to...

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 20, 2026 — The human cerebral cortex is often portrayed as a single folded sheet of neural...

A citrus greening treatment developed from antimicrobial peptides found in spinach has received unconditional registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Younger adults with non-small cell lung cancer are substantially more likely than older patients to carry genetic alterations that can...

For decades, body fat has been reduced to a handful of numbers: body mass index, waist circumference and total fat...

A new approach to telepresence is bringing remote touch closer to reality by combining neuromorphic tactile sensing with a finely...

A new study published in Nature Communications presents a human-centric approach to artificial intelligence that could make medical X-ray analysis...

A study published in Pediatric Research reports that mesenteric blood flow—the circulation supplying the intestine—was similarly compromised in preterm neonates...

A new network meta-analysis is putting the pain of neonatal circumcision under an unusually precise scientific lens, comparing the local...

A distinctive chemical signature in the brain may help explain why some patients with multiple system atrophy develop severe problems...

Anyone who has battled an arcade claw machine knows that success depends on more than simply moving a joystick. Players...

A simple stool test mailed to the home may be associated with a substantially lower risk of dying from colorectal...