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Acupuncture needles have been a fixture of East Asian medicine for millennia, crafted first from bamboo and bone and later from sterilized stainless steel. Now,...

Sunlight leaves its signature on skin over decades: thickened, leathery patches, deepening wrinkles, broken capillaries, and uneven pigment that dermatologists collectively call photoaging. Beyond its...

Deep inside the developing mammalian cortex, a thin band of early-born neurons called the subplate has long puzzled neuroscientists. These cells are among the very...

A common byproduct of one of China’s most fragrant industries is getting a second act. Every year, the production of Litsea cubeba oil — a...

A common bacterium found in fermented foods and dietary supplements may offer people with obesity a small but genuine helping hand, according to one of...

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, or BMSCs, are the quiet workhorses of the skeleton. They replenish bone-forming osteoblasts throughout life, and their regenerative power underlies...

The relentless growth of the Internet of Things has transformed ordinary environments into vast webs of interconnected sensors, each streaming measurements around the clock. From...

Verticillium wilt has long been one of the most stubborn enemies of cotton farmers worldwide. Caused by the soil-borne fungus Verticillium dahliae, the disease invades...

The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology has retracted a review article that examined the promise of phage therapy and the...

Dermatology has long been one of the most competitive and exclusive gateways in American medical education, and a new initiative suggests that the virtual meeting...

Deep beneath the seabed of China’s Bohai Bay, an invisible chemical war is being waged by some of the smallest combatants in the petroleum industry....

The terahertz band has long been heralded as the promised land of wireless communications, offering vast swaths of unoccupied spectrum that could carry data at...

For millions of stroke survivors worldwide, the moment they are declared medically stable is often treated as the finish line of rehabilitation. Yet for people...

Structural biologists searching for a faster way to visualize the smallest and most stubborn proteins now have a new tool at their disposal. A research...

Magnesium has long been celebrated as the lightest structural metal available to engineers, offering a combination of high specific strength, excellent castability, and remarkable vibration...