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Deep beneath the shells of the Pacific oyster, a quiet revolution has been caught in the act. Scientists in China have now mapped, cell by...

Tomato growers battling bacterial wilt and speck may soon have a new tool that works in two directions at once. A research team at Shahid...

A team of researchers from Thailand and China has engineered a new family of photocatalytic films that destroy stubborn dye pollutants under ordinary visible light,...

Influenza A(H1N1) remains one of the most persistent threats to global public health, responsible for seasonal epidemics and, on occasion, devastating pandemics. Current management of...

Parkinson’s disease has long been described in terms of its most visible features: the tremor, the slowed movement, the shuffling gait that announces itself in...

Forensic scientists in China have developed a compact genetic testing panel that can pick out the faint genetic signature of a minor contributor hiding inside...

Every time a viral video explodes across social media, a hidden race begins inside the world’s wireless networks. Millions of users, connected by shared tastes...

In the semi-arid highlands of northern Ethiopia, where livestock sustain thousands of farming households and rainfall has grown increasingly unreliable, a new study offers a...

A simple urine test could one day tell doctors which children with a blocked kidney need surgery and which can safely be watched, thanks to...

Pelvic organ prolapse is one of the most common yet least discussed conditions in women’s health, affecting roughly half of all women who have given...

Obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and quietly drives up...

In the calm, shallow waters off Australia’s Gold Coast, scientists have witnessed something that has never before been scientifically documented: a mother humpback whale lingering...

A much-anticipated experimental therapy designed to shield the kidneys from the damage inflicted by open heart surgery has fallen short in a rigorously designed clinical...

A drop of deer dung may soon do the work of a dart gun, a helicopter survey and a laboratory full of tissue samples. Researchers...

Why do some mothers behave aggressively toward their offspring while others of the same species remain remarkably tolerant? For decades, biologists and psychologists have searched...