Health

A new study highlights how a little-known protein, OTUB1, can reshape cell death pathways in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Researchers report...

Neonatal intensive care units are increasingly becoming decision laboratories: clinicians must synthesize rapidly changing vital signs, lab results, imaging, and...

A new perspective article in npj Parkinson’s Disease (2026) explores how exposure to ionizing radiation could intersect with the biological...

Domestic chickens have long fascinated biologists with their feather diversity—ranging from barred and speckled patterns to uniform black and crisp...

Viral polymerases of the Nairoviridae family are unusually large, and until now their atomic details have remained largely unexplored. In...

A study in Nature Communications reports that lactic acid produced by host cells can blunt the antiviral power of interferons...

Missonnier, E., Vidal-Gil, L., Sánchez-Castillo, C. et al. Age- and sex-dependent retinal degeneration in peripherin-2 mutant mice, a model of...

In a striking new study, researchers report that keeping extremely preterm newborns warm through early skin-to-skin contact can be as...

Air pollution forecasts are often limited by an inconvenient reality: fixed air-quality monitoring stations are sparse and unevenly distributed. In...

A new clinical metabolomics study reports how deep brain stimulation (DBS) reshapes circulating blood chemistry in people living with Parkinson’s...

Lipid-shelled nanobubbles are emerging as a versatile upgrade to ultrasound contrast, aiming to overcome limits imposed by weak contrast resolution...

A new cross-sectional study published in BMC Geriatrics sheds light on how older adults with hip fractures perceive their risk...

A new analytical chemistry study is bringing sharper tools to a problem that can be medically serious: trace contamination by...

Radiology is entering a new era as researchers unveil CLEAR, an auditable foundation model designed to interpret medical images while...

Land degradation may be doing more than shrinking ecosystems—it could also be quietly widening the distance between what crops could...

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) acts as a highly specialized gatekeeper at central nervous system (CNS) capillaries, controlling which molecules can...

Lithium is a quiet but persistent ingredient of everyday exposure for many Tribal communities across the Western United States, according...

Topological photonics has long promised optical transport that survives fabrication imperfections, but traditional designs typically rely on topological-insulator domains whose...

Adolescence is a key window when the brain is especially sensitive to experience—and when serotonergic psychedelics are sometimes used outside...

A newly identified RNA regulator is reshaping how scientists think about the genetic choreography that keeps the heart’s internal structure...