Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most recognizable symptoms—tremor, stiffness and slowed movement—but one of its most dangerous complications can arrive suddenly and without...
Low- and middle-income countries are carrying the overwhelming share of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, and a new review warns that the survival gap affecting...
For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins and appeared to have no...
A simple calculation from two routine blood tests is drawing new attention to a question that could affect millions of teenagers: how early can metabolic...
As families across the United States rebuild school-day routines, a familiar morning problem is taking on new significance: how to get children to eat a...
Researchers in Japan have developed a wastewater treatment technology that could transform nitrogen pollution from an environmental liability into a recoverable resource. A team from...
A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University is drawing attention to an overlooked consequence of shoulder replacement surgery: the gradual loss of bone surrounding the...
Pregnancy Is a High-Stakes Biological Trial, and Loss Is Its Most Common Outcome Pregnancy is often described as a predictable sequence that begins with fertilization...
Extreme heat and bitter cold are usually reported as threats to health, infrastructure and agriculture. A new study published in Nature Communications adds another consequence...
IgA vasculitis and immune thrombocytopenia are among the most frequently encountered immune-mediated disorders in children, yet they affect the body in markedly different ways. IgA...
Dengue prevention research has expanded dramatically across the world, yet the evidence most needed by health authorities remains difficult to find and interpret. A new...
A disease once regarded as almost exclusively adult is advancing rapidly through adolescence in the United States. New data from Colorado indicate that the incidence...
KAIST researchers have identified a possible route toward electric-vehicle batteries that charge faster without losing as much performance or lifespan. Their approach uses a three-dimensional...
Cancer cells may have a previously underappreciated vulnerability: their dependence on the controlled production of a membrane lipid that helps organize the cell’s internal architecture....
A newly reported molecular mechanism is drawing attention to one of the most tightly regulated steps in cell biology: the production of histone proteins during...
