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Lung adenocarcinoma cells may become more invasive and more difficult to eliminate because of a single transcription factor that links two major cancer adaptations, according...

A molecular handshake between two immune proteins may explain why familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) erupts into painful inflammation—and could help doctors interpret hundreds of genetic...

AMES, Iowa—A tiny, antenna-like structure found on many animal cells may help explain how turtle embryos sense the warmth that determines whether they develop as...

A nationwide Japanese study has found that growth hormone therapy can improve adult height in children who develop growth impairment after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,...

Researchers have developed a computer model of the human cortex that connects molecular-scale chemistry with brain-wide patterns of activity, offering new evidence that differences in...

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have identified a small population of brain cells that may help determine whether opioids become linked to rewarding...

Women live longer than men in almost every country, yet they are more likely to spend later life with disability, dementia and other chronic conditions....

Quantum researchers have demonstrated a striking way to create and preserve entanglement by using the very process normally blamed for destroying it: dissipation. In a...

Breast cancer patients with apparently similar clinical profiles can experience dramatically different outcomes: some remain free of distant disease for years, while others develop metastases...

Coupled resonator optical waveguides, or CROWs, are emerging as powerful building blocks for the next generation of optical communications, photonic computing and quantum technologies. By...

Researchers have developed a machine learning framework that could help water managers identify viral and bacterial contamination risks before conventional laboratory testing is complete. The...

A winter crop that could turn the Midwest’s dormant fields into a source of food, fuel and carbon storage is drawing attention from agricultural scientists....

Mosquitoes do not appear to share a universal preference for human beings, according to a new study from Florida International University (FIU). Researchers exposed 119...

Oak Ridge Licenses Cryogenic Fusion-Fueling Technologies to Type One Energy In a move that could address one of fusion energy’s most stubborn engineering challenges, the...

A new Northwestern University study suggests that HIV persistence is shaped not only by the infected cells that harbor the virus, but also by the...