When a tiny seedling first breaks through the soil, it faces one of the most dramatic developmental decisions in biology....

For millions of couples worldwide, assisted reproductive technology has turned the dream of parenthood into reality. More than three million...

Chemists in India have unveiled a cleaner, faster way to build a family of molecules that sit at the heart...

For decades, epidemiologists have wrestled with one of the most stubborn puzzles in public health research: the so-called healthy drinking...

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High on the Tibetan Plateau, where oxygen is scarce, winters are brutal, and ultraviolet radiation beats down unfiltered, lives one...

Tabular machine learning quietly runs the modern world. Models trained on rows and columns of data decide whether a credit...

Chrysanthemums are among the most commercially important ornamental flowers on Earth, gracing bouquets, gardens, and windowsills across continents. Yet behind...

A 2017 study that appeared to reveal how a tiny regulatory RNA molecule controls the growth of gastric cancer cells...

For millions of people living with limb amputation, the socket that connects flesh to prosthetic limb remains the weakest link...

A team of researchers in China has engineered a remarkable new material that could one day change how medicine approaches...

Spiders eat an astonishing amount of the world’s insects. By some estimates, the global spider community consumes between 400 and...

For centuries, friction has been one of the most familiar yet stubbornly mysterious phenomena in physics. Engineers can measure friction...

In the humid rainforest belt of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, the ground beneath a farmer’s feet tells a very different...

For patients diagnosed with locally advanced gastric cancer, the news is often grim: the disease is the fourth most common...

In operating theatres in Nairobi, a team of reconstructive surgeons has demonstrated that one of the most technically demanding procedures...

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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, the second most common primary malignant tumor of the liver, is one of oncology’s most formidable adversaries. Its...