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Lodging, the structural failure of crop stems that bend or collapse under their own weight or under the pressure of wind and rain, remains one...

Bladder cancer remains one of the most stubborn malignancies in urology, a disease that too often returns after treatment and demands better molecular weapons. Now,...

In a significant moment for structural heart medicine, three of the world’s leading cardiovascular organizations have come together to endorse a major shift in how...

A sweeping analysis of more than 4,250 adults with major mood disorders has delivered one of the clearest pictures yet of how substance abuse intertwines...

Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but for people living with type 2 diabetes, ordinary polished rice can be a dietary liability....

Scientists at Adelaide University have unveiled a new mRNA-based strategy that could reshape one of the most stubborn obstacles in cancer treatment: the hostile environment...

When world leaders, diplomats, and climate specialists descend on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly high-level week and Climate Week NYC, the...

A significant milestone in the ongoing transformation of scholarly communication was reached this month as JMIR Publications, the Toronto-based independent publisher specializing in digital health...

The placenta is one of the most remarkable engineering feats of human biology, building an intricate network of fetal blood vessels in a matter of...

For more than a century, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have marveled at the way terrestrial mammalian carnivores keep reinventing the same body plans. Saber-toothed predators...

Tartary buckwheat has long been prized as a functional food, packed with bioactive compounds such as rutin and other flavonoids that have drawn intense interest...

A single infusion of a gene therapy delivered within the first months of life continues to transform the course of one of the most devastating...

Radioactive cesium is one of the most stubborn contaminants in the nuclear waste stream. It slips through the concrete vaults meant to hold it, largely...

Every improvement in a crop, whether it is a heavier ear of wheat, a more disease-resistant rice plant, or a maize hybrid that endures drought,...

Diazomethane is one of organic chemistry’s most useful and most feared reagents. The simple molecule CH2N2 is a superb methylating agent, capable of converting carboxylic...