Childhood stunting remains one of the most stubborn markers of global health inequality, and a new systematic review and meta-analysis published in Pediatric Research has...
The Maillard reaction has long been food science’s most famous double agent: the same browning chemistry that gives baked bread and seared steak their irresistible...
Mitochondria may be famous as the powerhouses of the cell, but a new study argues that they are also among its most closely guarded assets....
At a conference hall in Amsterdam this past October, researchers gathered for the seventh International Conference on Epigenetics and Bioengineering, known as EpiBio-24, held from...
Goat meat is a staple protein across much of China, and the country’s indigenous goat breeds represent a genetic treasury that scientists are only beginning...
For patients facing skin cancer surgery, the experience of lying awake on the operating table can be as consequential as the operation itself. Mohs micrographic...
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease is one of the most perplexing conditions in paediatric orthopaedics. It strikes children by cutting off the blood supply to the growing femoral...
Magnesium is the lightest structural metal in widespread industrial use, prized for its low density of roughly 1.74 grams per cubic centimeter and its favorable...
Atrazine, the most heavily used herbicide in Brazilian agriculture, has long been a double-edged sword: it keeps weeds out of sugarcane and corn fields, yet...
When a patient’s heart fails so severely that neither drugs nor a single mechanical device can keep blood moving, intensive care teams sometimes reach for...
Chemists and biologists have long coveted liquiritigenin, a flavonoid pulled from the rhizomes of licorice plants that shows cardioprotective, antidiabetic, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antitumor activity...
Soybean is one of the most important crops on the planet, supplying roughly a quarter of the world’s cooking oil and the majority of its...
A rare and stubbornly difficult category of brain tumors has long forced adult patients and their physicians into an uncomfortable trade-off: the tumor itself is...
An overactive thyroid is famous for making the heart race, but a new study suggests the damage may run deeper than a fast pulse. Researchers...
Non-fat yogurt has a problem. Strip away the milk fat and you strip away much of what makes yogurt taste good, hold together, and carry...
