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A cookie made from plastic bottles, corn stalks and engineered yeast may sound like science fiction, but researchers at Southern...

A yeast-based vaccine candidate targeting a conserved influenza protein has protected mice against multiple influenza A strains, raising the possibility...

Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most recognizable symptoms—tremor, stiffness and slowed movement—but one of its most dangerous complications...

Low- and middle-income countries are carrying the overwhelming share of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, and a new review warns...

For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins...

A simple calculation from two routine blood tests is drawing new attention to a question that could affect millions of...

As families across the United States rebuild school-day routines, a familiar morning problem is taking on new significance: how to...

Researchers in Japan have developed a wastewater treatment technology that could transform nitrogen pollution from an environmental liability into a...

A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University is drawing attention to an overlooked consequence of shoulder replacement surgery: the gradual...

Pregnancy Is a High-Stakes Biological Trial, and Loss Is Its Most Common Outcome Pregnancy is often described as a predictable...

Extreme heat and bitter cold are usually reported as threats to health, infrastructure and agriculture. A new study published in...

IgA vasculitis and immune thrombocytopenia are among the most frequently encountered immune-mediated disorders in children, yet they affect the body...

Dengue prevention research has expanded dramatically across the world, yet the evidence most needed by health authorities remains difficult to...

A disease once regarded as almost exclusively adult is advancing rapidly through adolescence in the United States. New data from...

KAIST researchers have identified a possible route toward electric-vehicle batteries that charge faster without losing as much performance or lifespan....

Cancer cells may have a previously underappreciated vulnerability: their dependence on the controlled production of a membrane lipid that helps...

A newly reported molecular mechanism is drawing attention to one of the most tightly regulated steps in cell biology: the...

A nanoscale coating that deliberately uses tiny surface “defects” to make water droplets appear faster and leave the surface sooner...

Pancreatic cancer has long challenged scientists not only because it is difficult to detect and treat, but also because a...

A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to a question at the intersection of diabetes, heart rhythm...