Maize was probably more than just a staple for many Classic Maya communities in southeastern Petén, Guatemala, according to a...

T-cell engagers (TCEs) are rapidly becoming a powerful immunotherapy platform, showing meaningful clinical responses across multiple tumor types. Yet their...

Solid oxide fuel cells and other high-temperature electrochemical devices rely on fast oxide-ion conductors, yet most candidates only become truly...

Trypanosome mitochondria rely on an RNA-editing process that rewrites transcripts through precisely timed uridine deletions and insertions, guided by complementary...

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a major component of Earth’s carbon cycle, but its molecular complexity has long resisted full...

Rare-earth elements are indispensable to modern electronics, magnets, and clean-energy technologies—but separating them from one another remains notoriously difficult. Conventional...

A new study in Nature Plants spotlights how plants keep their chromosomes properly wired during the critical process of meiosis....

A new study published in Nature Microbiology reports that lung infections can become dramatically harder to treat when bacteria exchange...

A new photodynamic therapy strategy could make cancer treatment less vulnerable to one of the tumor’s most reliable defenses: low...

In a study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers report that when brain tissue is damaged in a localized way, the...

A new chemical toolkit unveiled in Nature Chemistry could make it easier to customize DNA and RNA molecules for diagnostics,...

A new study suggests that the way cancer cells run their mitochondria—tiny energy factories inside the cell—can predict how well...

A new study in Communications Engineering reports that generative artificial intelligence can now perform “inverse design” of three-dimensional energetic materials,...

A team of researchers reports that a specific chromatin mechanism—histone crotonylation governed by an ACSS2–KAT5 complex—can actively steer liver inflammation...

A new study in Nature Communications reports that Mexico’s urban system is not just reshaping itself—it is actively shedding population...

Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is moving to the center of aging research, framed by a new Perspective by Richard DePinho...

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains one of the most devastating gastrointestinal emergencies in premature infants, with its progression driven by a...

Wildfires are fast becoming a major driver of air pollution worldwide, but their effects on pregnancy and newborn health—especially in...

A new study in Cell Death Discovery reports that glioblastoma cells may be made far more vulnerable to radiation by...

Rising heat is already pushing cities toward higher electricity use, but a new study suggests that humidity—not just temperature—will shape...