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The construction of a virus has long been imagined as a feat of molecular engineering so efficient that it borders on the miraculous. In a...

Pancreatic cancer remains one of medicine’s most unforgiving adversaries, claiming lives at a rate that has made it the third leading cause of cancer-related death...

A sweeping new analysis of nationally representative survey data suggests that two of the most common features of modern adolescent life, insufficient sleep and erratic...

Cultured meat has long promised a future in which real muscle tissue is grown in bioreactors rather than harvested from slaughtered animals, yet the industry...

Imagine a child waving a finger through the air and watching a rough, invisible doodle bloom into a polished claymation-style picture on screen. That vision...

A new genetic study from India has revealed how resistance to one of groundnut’s most destructive diseases is passed from one generation to the next,...

Liver cancer treatment is quietly undergoing a physics lesson. A new review published in CVIR Oncology by interventional radiologists Zachary T. Berman of the University...

Raising a child with autism spectrum disorder is one of the most demanding forms of long-term caregiving, and mothers frequently shoulder the heaviest share of...

One of Europe’s most closely monitored large carnivore populations may be sliding toward a genetic point of no return, according to a new study published...

A team of cryptographers in China has uncovered a serious security weakness in an anonymous credential scheme that was presented at one of the world’s...

Every year, the global pumpkin industry discards mountains of peels, seeds, pomace and rind—roughly a quarter to a third of the entire fruit—yet a new...

Glioblastoma remains one of the most formidable opponents in clinical oncology. Classified by the World Health Organization as a grade IV astrocytoma, it is the...

Psoriasis affects millions of people worldwide, yet the molecular signals that drive its scaly, inflamed plaques remain only partially understood. A new study from researchers...

A bitter African leaf that brewers have long used as a stand-in for hops may do far more than add flavor to sorghum beer. A...

Engineers have long sought building materials that are light, strong, and kind to the planet, and a new study suggests that curved sandwich panels made...