Aimee Donnellan has been a correspondent for Reuters since 2017. Her patch includes the pharmaceutical industry. Off the Scales is her first book. In brisk and breezy terms, it recounts the history ...

Imagine your stomach is like a busy city, full of life and activity. This city has trillions of tiny residents called microorganisms. These include bacteria, viruses, and other small living things ...

High-entropy alloys are promising advanced materials for demanding applications, but discovering useful compositions is difficult and expensive due to the vast number of possible element combinations.

A positive newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is currently considered a medical emergency. Without early treatment, severe disability or death in infancy are likely. However, research ...

A positive newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is currently considered a medical emergency. Without early treatment, severe disability ...

Studies show for the first time how functional tests can clarify genetic false alarms and protect families from irreversible therapies and substantial costs ...

Oxidative stress is a direct consequence of an excess in the body of so-called free radicals—reactive, unstable molecules ...

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. What makes it ...

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed that the arid desert heat tended to dry and preserve bodies buried in the ...

By screening nanostructures across many beetle genera, researchers from the laboratory of Prof. Vladimir Katanev identified Luciola lusitanica as a unique case: its body surface carries specific ...