A new pilot study of high school students in New Jersey is drawing attention to an increasingly visible intersection of...

KAIST researchers have developed a semiconductor neuron that turns one of electronics’ most troublesome imperfections—electrical noise—into a controllable tool for...

A new study suggests that imagining movement with both an ordinary human thumb and an additional robotic thumb may do...

A molecular switch best known for helping cells respond to DNA damage may also be driving the burning, electric and...

Plants cannot flee when their bodies begin to weaken. Instead, they must detect structural damage, identify its source and rapidly...

A hidden layer of the silkworm genome has now been mapped in unprecedented detail, revealing a surprisingly stable but evolutionarily...

A new study published in Nature Communications presents a genome-wide map of the genetic signals that influence protein levels in...

Colorectal cancer is often treatable when detected early, yet its danger changes dramatically once malignant cells escape the intestine and...

Advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers are receiving renewed attention after researchers reported a clinical study testing a three-part first-line...

Mercury, a metal associated with industrial pollution, neurological damage and kidney disease, has resurfaced in an unexpected place: products sold...

A new proteomic study in mice is opening a detailed window onto one of the least visible stages of reproductive...

In a discovery that could reshape scientists’ understanding of how photosynthetic organisms capture carbon, researchers have rebuilt a working version...

A new study from New York City reports that short-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to a greater...

Parkinson’s disease may be biologically present long before it becomes clinically obvious, and a new study is drawing attention to...

An unexpected metabolic vulnerability may offer a new way to outmaneuver one of the most aggressive forms of thyroid cancer....

A new flexible sensor platform could make health monitoring more reliable in the noisy, constantly moving environments where conventional wearable...

Scientists are entering an era in which the most powerful instruments in ecology and conservation may also be the least...

A new study is challenging one of the most stubborn assumptions in Parkinson’s disease: that deep-brain stimulation can relieve movement...

A new study in mice has identified a potentially important chain of events linking lipid accumulation in immune cells of...

Parkinson’s disease may leave a molecular trail in the bloodstream long before its most disabling symptoms become impossible to miss....