A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...

To assess the performance of their e-tattoo, the researchers got six people to wear the device while undergoing a memory test ...

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Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms.

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China has sent a probe on an ambitious mission to grab rocks from a near-Earth asteroid and return them to Earth before ...

Massive study of nearly 26 million research papers measures the consequences of striking out in another research area.

The body’s pathogen fighters can act as surveillance forces that ferry information from the gut and fat deposits to the brain ...

In some regions climate change is extending the period when conditions are ripe for the formation of dust storms, which can ...

The researchers found that, unlike the bat lineage of bed bugs, the human lineage grew dramatically around 13,000 and 7,000 ...

Countries must cooperate to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity to become the top destination for scientists.

Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science ...