A team of forensic geneticists in China has shown that a panel of roughly 2,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs,...

A team of researchers in China has combined machine learning, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations into a single computational...

An experimental oral cancer drug that disrupts a key molecular switch inside tumour cells, when paired with an established targeted...

A neural network labels a panda as a gibbon after a nearly invisible perturbation, a language model grows worse on...

One of the most persistent hopes in preventive medicine has been that a simple nutrient taken during pregnancy could lay...

Fish, like all animals, experience stress, but for the billions of creatures raised in aquaculture systems worldwide, stress is not...

Polymers are quietly the most successful materials story of the modern era, and the scientific community is now giving them...

Boston is about to become the epicenter of radiation medicine. From September 26 through 30, the 2026 American Society for...

For recreational marathoners, the difference between a personal best and a personal disaster can come down to a few degrees...

Ancient trees have long held a special place in the human imagination. From the bristlecone pines of the American West...

Toxic heavy metals in drinking water are among the most stubborn public health threats of the industrial age, and a...

Sugarcane is the most cultivated crop in the world by volume, underpinning an industry that produces roughly 179 million metric...

Mast cell tumours are the most familiar villain in canine dermatology, the single most common malignant skin cancer in dogs,...

Scientists studying why some women’s ovaries seem to age faster than the rest of their bodies have uncovered a striking...

Depression remains one of the most burdensome psychiatric disorders worldwide, yet the molecular events that translate chronic stress into the...

Colorectal cancer remains one of the most common and deadliest malignancies worldwide, and the difference between a favorable outcome and...

Beneath the surface of every wheat field, an invisible negotiation is underway between plant roots and the microbes that colonize...

For nearly a century, the electrocardiogram has demanded an awkward ritual: ten electrodes, a tangle of wires, and a patient...

Methisazone is one of the most historically intriguing molecules in antiviral chemistry, an isatin-derived thiosemicarbazone that was once deployed clinically...

One of the most reliable ways to make a laboratory mouse live longer is to cripple its growth hormone signaling....