The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V has released its twentieth public data release, opening access to more than two million...

Mechanical forces are emerging as powerful biological signals in the digestive system, and a new review identifies Piezo1 and Piezo2...

Diabetes is increasingly being understood not only as a disorder of blood-sugar regulation, but also as a disease of persistent...

Three Decades of Biochar Research Reveal Why “Black Gold” Works Best When Tailored to the Soil After 30 years of...

A rare epithelial cell known as the tuft cell may be far more important in cancer biology than previously thought....

A new study is putting a critical question at the center of disaster science: what happens after the emergency ends,...

A new study in Nature Communications is turning attention to one of the most fundamental structures in the biology of...

Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, is often described as a disease of worn-out joints. But a new study...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have developed a systematic platform for discovering molecular glue degraders, a class of drug-like compounds that...

SDSS-V Releases an Unprecedented 3D Map of Stellar Nurseries Across the Milky Way The Milky Way may look like a...

Scientists are drawing attention to an underexplored molecular system that may determine how effectively stem cells repair damaged tissues, preserve...

An embryo’s first great decision is directional: which end will become the head, and which will become the tail? In...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1, or DM1, has long been recognized as a disease of defective RNA processing, but new research...

Hereditary hearing loss may be one step closer to genetic correction after researchers used prime editing to repair a common...

Dendritic cells and T cells are often described as the immune system’s intelligence network: dendritic cells detect danger and present...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to design complete bacteriophage genomes from scratch, then synthesized and tested the resulting viruses against...

Marcos Vinícius Sampaio Vieira was 35 when a routine medical visit uncovered three thyroid nodules, including one measuring four centimeters....

The Arctic is warming faster than the global average, and Siberia is emerging as one of the most important—and least...

Urban farms may be surrounded by biodiversity, yet the decision to protect and support pollinators appears to depend less on...

PHILADELPHIA, August 6, 2026 — Chronic stress, traumatic experiences, and exposure to violence can alter the body’s biological systems long...