A large laboratory study found that many commonly used sweeteners can directly change the growth of gut bacteria. Researchers ...

A new particle detector called PLATON could replace millions of tiny detector components with a single block of ...

An international study found that finerenone slows kidney function decline and reduces the risk of serious kidney and ...

Scientists have identified a hidden feedback loop that may explain how Earth has regulated its climate for tens of millions ...

A distant Sun-like star appears to have devoured one of its planets, leaving behind a surprising chemical fingerprint.

A new experimental treatment may have found a way to outsmart glioblastoma’s toughest defense: the blood-brain barrier. Researchers used sugar-coated nanoparticles to ferry genetic instructions that ...

Researchers have created self-destructing living plastic that uses engineered bacteria to completely break itself down when activated. The material degrades in just six days without creating ...

Beavers may be unlikely climate heroes, but new research suggests they could play a powerful role in fighting climate change. By building dams and transforming streams into wetlands, these industrious ...

A growing Cyclospora outbreak has sickened more than 400 people in four states, and investigators are still searching for the ...

A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s ...

An unusual leopard gecko that naturally develops aggressive tumors may become an important new model for cancer research.

NASA has chosen 41 commercial technology projects that could solve critical challenges for future missions to the Moon and ...