Timber harvesting may leave a forest standing while quietly damaging the plants needed to keep it alive. A new study...

A specially engineered cell-derived therapy may offer a new way to control the dangerous inflammation associated with cytokine storms, according...

For decades, microglia have been viewed as the brain’s permanent immune residents: cells that arrive during embryonic development, settle into...

For decades, battery researchers have treated one particular electrical signature as a near-direct window into what happens inside an electrode...

For decades, myelin has been viewed primarily as the nervous system’s insulation: a lipid-rich wrapping that accelerates electrical signals as...

A study published in Nature Communications has identified a pathogenic immune pathway that links chronic Clonorchis sinensis infection to liver...

Extremely preterm infants are among the most medically vulnerable patients in modern hospitals, often requiring prolonged respiratory support, repeated procedures...

Lead contamination in urban homes may be reaching residents through a pathway that is easy to overlook: ordinary household dust...

Shark-Finning Bans Are Reshaping Global Trade—But Not Necessarily Stopping the Flow of Fins Shark-finning regulations were introduced to end one...

For years, cancer research has treated tumor cells as relatively stable enemies: cells that multiply, spread and acquire resistance through...

Data centers are often imagined as remote warehouses of servers, rising quietly in rural landscapes where land is cheap and...

Multiple myeloma is entering an era of unprecedented therapeutic choice—and equally unprecedented uncertainty. A new clinical perspective by C.R. Tan...

A brittle metal long regarded as difficult to shape could be moving toward a new manufacturing future. Researchers are investigating...

A plate of food may look like a personal choice, but multiplied across millions of households, it becomes a force...

Parkinson’s disease may begin changing the brain’s movement circuitry before the first unmistakable behavioral symptoms appear, according to a new...

A new class of soft, flexible sensor could change how scientists record the electrical activity of living cells and tissues....

As digital technology becomes woven into healthcare, communication, banking and everyday services, a new study is examining an increasingly important...

Single cells are transforming biology from a study of averages into a census of individual molecular lives. A new computational...

A methodological dispute over how efficiently short DNA molecules close into circles has moved into the spotlight, with researchers R.T....

Field-effect transistors are the tiny engines behind modern electronics, and one of their most important performance measures is transconductance: how...