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Timber harvesting may leave a forest standing while quietly damaging the plants needed to keep it alive. A new study from Nepal shows that tree...

A specially engineered cell-derived therapy may offer a new way to control the dangerous inflammation associated with cytokine storms, according to research from the University...

For decades, microglia have been viewed as the brain’s permanent immune residents: cells that arrive during embryonic development, settle into the central nervous system, and...

For decades, battery researchers have treated one particular electrical signature as a near-direct window into what happens inside an electrode particle. When a battery’s overpotential—the...

For decades, myelin has been viewed primarily as the nervous system’s insulation: a lipid-rich wrapping that accelerates electrical signals as they race along axons. A...

A study published in Nature Communications has identified a pathogenic immune pathway that links chronic Clonorchis sinensis infection to liver fibrosis, while also pointing toward...

Extremely preterm infants are among the most medically vulnerable patients in modern hospitals, often requiring prolonged respiratory support, repeated procedures and intensive monitoring during the...

Lead contamination in urban homes may be reaching residents through a pathway that is easy to overlook: ordinary household dust carrying particles from contaminated soil....

Shark-Finning Bans Are Reshaping Global Trade—But Not Necessarily Stopping the Flow of Fins Shark-finning regulations were introduced to end one of the most wasteful practices...

For years, cancer research has treated tumor cells as relatively stable enemies: cells that multiply, spread and acquire resistance through genetic mutations. A study published...

Data centers are often imagined as remote warehouses of servers, rising quietly in rural landscapes where land is cheap and electricity is abundant. A new...

Multiple myeloma is entering an era of unprecedented therapeutic choice—and equally unprecedented uncertainty. A new clinical perspective by C.R. Tan and S. Mailankody, published in...

A brittle metal long regarded as difficult to shape could be moving toward a new manufacturing future. Researchers are investigating whether iron containing 6.5 percent...

A plate of food may look like a personal choice, but multiplied across millions of households, it becomes a force capable of reshaping farmland, water...

Parkinson’s disease may begin changing the brain’s movement circuitry before the first unmistakable behavioral symptoms appear, according to a new study in a progressive macaque...