H ealth outcomes in humans often show daily variations. For instance, morning vaccinations may trigger a more effective ...

David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper share this year’s Chemistry award for their research on protein design and ...

Examining the advantages of saliva samples for genomics and microbiome researchers as a source of total nucleic acids.

Initially mistaken for neutrophils, a population of atypical macrophages appears in the lungs after severe viral infection, ...

Popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are used to treat obesity and diabetes. Now, researchers found that these drugs also ...

A scientist’s quest for microbes that produce purple pigments led her to the vibrant world of natural dyes, where biology and ...

ABOVE: Researchers have identified a nitrogen-fixing organelle known as a nitroplast. Here, it is seen at the opposite end of ...

A new database with more than 2,500 food metagenomes gives scientists a glimpse into the microbial diversity of the human ...

Fruit flies with gut tumors showed an increased preference for a bitter antitumor compound compared to healthy flies, ...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons, which leads to nigrostriatal impairment. Although induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC ...

Iris Kulbatski, a neuroscientist by training and word surgeon by trade, is a science editor with The Scientist's Creative Services Team. She holds a PhD in Medical Science and a Certificate in ...