Deep inside many tumors, the immune system builds miniature organs of its own. These aggregates of immune cells, known as...

Inside every motor neuron, proteins are constantly condensing into tiny liquid droplets and then dissolving again, a process so fast...

Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have reshaped modern synthetic chemistry, giving chemists reliable ways to forge carbon-carbon bonds that were once notoriously...

One of the most stubborn obstacles in computational drug discovery is the cold-start problem: how do you predict whether a...

When a leading global newspaper starts letting machines write summaries, answer reader questions, and recommend articles, an uncomfortable question follows...

In the parched drawdown zones of the lower Jinsha River in Yunnan Province, China, a fierce contest is underway, and...

A 38-year-old woman arrived at a Berlin hospital in hemodynamic collapse, bleeding torrentially from a tumor that had broken through...

Peptide hormones are among the body’s most powerful chemical messengers. These short chains of amino acids regulate metabolism, growth, development,...

Chemists have long assumed that if they get the voltage right, choose the right electrode material, and tune the composition...

A chemotherapy drug that has saved countless lives from cancer also carries a hidden cost: progressive damage to the heart...

A pavilion built almost entirely from wood and flax fibres is challenging one of architecture’s oldest habits: deciding what a...

Every sack of synthetic fertilizer and every spray of pesticide that reaches a farm field does more than feed or...

Primary central nervous system lymphoma is one of the most unforgiving tumors a neurosurgeon can encounter. It accounts for roughly...

For decades, surgeons have operated on a simple instinct: when it comes to antibiotics after open-heart surgery, more protection must...

A new study has identified a molecular guardian that stands between an everyday plastic chemical and the delicate machinery of...

Connected vehicles are no longer just machines that move people from one place to another. They are rolling networks of...

Deep in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a group of delicate-looking herbs is quietly rewriting what botanists thought they knew about drought...

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published the first edition of its NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Pediatric...

A routine lumbar MRI scan already captures far more than the spine itself. Embedded in every image of the vertebrae...

Tardigrades, the microscopic eight-legged animals famously nicknamed water bears, have long astonished scientists with their ability to survive conditions that...