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The giant kidney worm, a parasitic nematode that can grow to more than a meter in length and destroys the...

Researchers in China have identified two chitinase genes that act as central guardians of walnut leaves against a destructive fungal...

In a development that promises to reshape how plant scientists assess one of the world’s most important cereal crops, researchers...

Climate change is often framed as a crisis of rising seas and melting ice, but its most intimate casualty is...

The way science spreads is changing. Where journal articles once reached their audiences almost exclusively through library subscriptions and citation...

In a development that could reshape how the construction industry handles one of mining’s most stubborn waste streams, researchers in...

A team of robotics researchers has unveiled a fully open-source, 3D-printable soft robotic gripper that borrows its mechanics from the...

Artificial intelligence is often celebrated for its ability to predict things: yields, droughts, outbreaks, prices. But a sweeping new systematic...

Atherosclerosis, the slow silent narrowing of the arteries that underlies most heart attacks and strokes, has long been understood as...

A new theoretical study published in the open-access journal Results in Physics offers a unified mathematical framework for predicting not...

Ketoprofen, one of the most widely prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the world, has long been regarded as a reliable...

Microplastics have long been framed as one of the defining pollution problems of the modern era, a ubiquitous haze of...

People living with inflammatory bowel disease have long been known to face an elevated risk of colorectal cancer, but a...

A landmark effort to bring Indigenous healing practices into the formal health care system is about to face its most...

In a discovery that could reshape one of the most vigorous debates in modern condensed matter physics, researchers at the...

In a bold bid to ignite the immune system against cancers that have learned to hide, researchers at Case Western...

Radiologists may soon be able to tell whether a tiny, hazy spot on a lung CT scan is a harmless...

A rare and elusive subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is coming into sharper focus thanks to a new study...

In a development that could reshape the landscape of infrared sensing technology, a team of researchers has demonstrated a new...

When the ground shakes, the river rises, or wildfire smoke darkens the sky, the difference between hardship and catastrophe often...