Natural UV-protective compounds from algae are revealing unexpected biological activities. Scientists have found that certain ...

Pumas are back in Patagonia, penguins are paying a price—but climate-driven breeding failures may be the real extinction risk ...

A sweeping study from Sweden is challenging the long-held belief that autism mostly affects boys. Autism has traditionally ...

A new study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may provoke immune cells to attack the brain, offering fresh hope for treating ...

Resistance training improves insulin sensitivity more effectively than endurance exercise in diabetes models.

The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.

An Arctic farming experiment reveals that carbon losses from peat soils are not fixed, but highly sensitive to how water is ...

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

Nearly 30 years after rye pollen molecules were shown to slow tumor growth in animals, scientists have finally determined their exact three-dimensional structures.

A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

By simplifying the engineering process and expanding what can be built, the Golden Gate method greatly broadens the possibilities for scientists working to develop bacteriophages as tools to combat ...

A bacteria-only sugar has become the Achilles’ heel that could help defeat deadly superbugs.