Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: When cells are about to die, they send signals that trigger proteins which are supposed to destroy them, but it doesn’t always happen that way. Some ...

Engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a technique that uses microbubbles and ultrasound to help relatively large cancer drugs enter tumor ...

We have harnessed rational strain engineering to pave the way for cost-effective manufacturing that can meet growing global ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming health care. AI systems can now detect diabetic eye disease from retinal photos and analyze CT images for signs of early-stage lung cancers and stroke.

International treaties including the Chemical Weapons Convention (1997), Biological Weapons Convention (1975), Ottawa Treaty (1999), and Convention on Cluster Munitions (2010) banned weapons like ...

Scientists have discovered that a rare “mirror-image” version of the amino acid cysteine can dramatically slow the growth of certain cancers while leaving healthy cells largely untouched. Unlike most ...

Miniature organs grown in the lab can organize themselves into complex shapes, which enables scientists to use them to study disease. The trouble is they never do it the same way twice, which has made ...

There are certain fruits which contain a lot more sugar than you might imagine, like this one, which has almost double the amount of a typical chocolate bar.

Ingestible smart capsules deliver medication directly to specific gut locations using microscopic needles and targeted drug release systems.

Garlic is delicious, but there's a reason people joke about garlic breath. If that stink is stuck on your countertop, clean it with this common root veggie.

Chiggers are a common yard and garden pest, but by planting a common and easy-to-grow herb, you can help keep the itchy pests out.

In the Tibetan Plateau, organophosphate tri-esters (tri-OPEs) and di-OPEs in soil and biota of a typical terrestrial food chain (plant–plateau pika–eagle) have been simultaneously identified with ...