Scientists have shown that biology can read an eight-letter DNA alphabet, opening new possibilities for synthetic life and ...

Increasing SORLA, a protein with a protective role in the brain, helped mice withstand damage from tau tangles, the toxic ...

A new study suggests that RNA can become dangerous when cells accumulate more of it than they can clear. Credit: Stock. A virus may cripple a cell’s power supply simply by produ ...

As a snake embryo grows inside its egg, its increasingly long body curls into a spiral before it has muscles to move. New ...

The team’s prototype is a protein-rich cookie called µBites, pronounced “microbites.” Rather than putting plastic directly ...

The frontoparietal cortex, the brain’s information hub, helps coordinate responses when circumstances change. While driving, for example, the brain must draw on a remembered route and the skills ...

Among children whose mothers had no history of depression, increases in depressive symptoms were followed by less attention to happy faces. Brandon Gibb, director of Binghamton’s Mood Disorders ...

Cancer cells can release antioxidants that interfere with the immune cells trying to kill them. Researchers have discovered ...

Researchers created stripped-down versions of LSD to investigate how specific parts of the molecule shape its biological effects. Credit: Shutterstock. Molecular autopsy reveals f ...

For giant sequoias, fire has long been part of survival. These trees, which can weigh as much as 15 blue whales, have thick ...

New findings from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) suggest that gluons, the particles that act ...

Before astronauts land on the Moon again, NASA will stage an ambitious Artemis III rehearsal involving Orion, SpaceX Starship ...