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The idea of creating a digital copy of the human brain has long belonged more to science fiction than to working biology. Now, a review...

Researchers at the University of Patras have discovered that biochar produced from malt spent rootlets, a largely overlooked byproduct of the brewing industry, can dramatically...

A large analysis led by researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has challenged a widely used assumption in postoperative prostate cancer care:...

Sodium-ion batteries are moving closer to the center of the global energy-storage race, and a new study from Japan has revealed why a small amount...

Federal Health Safeguards Face New Uncertainty as Supreme Court Limits Agency Power, JAMA Viewpoint Warns A new Viewpoint in JAMA argues that the United States’...

For years, scientists have wondered whether a male baboon’s ability to capture and share meat might function as a powerful social advertisement—much like a successful...

Acoustics is moving beyond concert halls and medical imaging suites to become a potential tool for manipulating living matter itself. A new review in Nature...

Cities generate an immense, constantly shifting stream of human decisions. In New York City alone, millions of residents and visitors choose subway routes, hail taxis,...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts—Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Insilico Medicine, and international academic partners have identified a previously unrecognized vulnerability in cancer DNA damage repair, centered...

Boston College chemist Alexis Grimaud has received a five-year National Science Foundation CAREER Award worth nearly $600,000 to investigate a largely unexplored class of battery...

DENVER—Scientists have identified a detailed cellular signature of pulmonary sarcoidosis, revealing how immune cells in the lungs change their behavior and communication during the disease....

A new computational study is turning the spotlight on one of biology’s most difficult questions: why can two protein isoforms produced by the same gene...

A new study published in Pediatric Research is giving clinicians and parents a more precise way to understand some of the most common—and most confusing—symptoms...

For decades, roboticists have imagined machines that could be dropped into places too dangerous, remote or unpredictable for conventional vehicles. Now, a new tensegrity robot...

Menopause is emerging as a major, overlooked factor in brain health, yet science still knows surprisingly little about how the menopausal transition affects the nervous...