A hidden network of plant peptide hormones may be giving legumes a far more sophisticated immune system than scientists previously...

Salmonella infections are often associated with contaminated food, but the most dangerous cases begin when the bacterium escapes the intestine...

A new review in Pediatric Research is drawing attention to one of the most difficult questions in modern neonatal medicine:...

Acidic soils may have found an unlikely ally: communities of bacteria collected from the very environments that make farming difficult....

Biochar may look like little more than charcoal, but inside its carbon-rich structure it can harbor chemically active species that...

A new imaging technology developed by researchers at the University of Rochester could make it possible to see more clearly...

A federal health agency that quietly underpins some of the United States’ most important patient-safety protections is facing a crisis...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The last common ancestor shared by humans and chimpanzees may have looked less like a modern ape than many...

SUNY Polytechnic Institute has received a $15,000 grant from the Health Forward Foundation to develop a physiologically realistic mechanical lung...

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat brain cancers, yet its response to therapy can vary dramatically from...

Hydrochar, a carbon-rich material made by processing wet plant biomass in hot, pressurized water, may have a hidden defense system...

A large analysis of health records from Catalonia, Spain, has found that people living with severe mental illness face substantially...

Engineered living cells are becoming miniature biological factories, capable of producing medicines, sustainable chemicals and other valuable products. They can...

A small but important subset of ovarian cancers long regarded as resistant to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy may contain an...

Artificial intelligence is moving from the research laboratory into examination rooms, hospitals and home-care platforms, raising a question that could...

What happens when a heat engine is reduced to a single atom interacting with particles of light? The question may...

A blood test that captures subtle changes in cardiac strain may offer a sharper way to identify older adults at...

A sudden surge in ant activity after pesticide bait is placed in a home or garden may not mean the...

Traumatic brain injury is no longer being treated as a single event with a single biological signature. A proposed data...

A new study is challenging the idea that all Level III neonatal intensive care units are interchangeable. Although hospitals grouped...