Metformin doesn’t just manage diabetes—it reshapes copper, iron, and zinc levels in the body, a potential clue to its broad ...

Salt giants and other striking formations in the Dead Sea reveal how evaporation and fluid dynamics shape Earth’s geological past and present. The Dead Sea represents a unique convergence of condition ...

Opaque AI systems risk undermining human rights and dignity. Global cooperation is needed to ensure protection. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has changed how people interact, but it also ...

The research builds on earlier findings from the HEROS study showing that children are six times less likely than adults to develop symptomatic COVID. The new data highlights the role that both ...

Overactivity in the reticular thalamic nucleus was shown to cause autism-like behaviors in mice. Drugs that reduce this activity reversed the symptoms. Researchers at Stanford Medicine studying the ne ...

Rockefeller researchers have discovered that the antioxidant glutathione, acting within mitochondria, plays a crucial role in allowing breast tumors to spread to the lung. Mitochondria are best known ...

A study in PeerJ Life & Environment set out to determine exactly which species of larva ends up in bottles of mezcal. Mezcal, a distilled spirit made from agave, is sometimes paired with orange slices ...

Rogue waves are not anomalies but the result of normal ocean dynamics. New data reveals they can be predicted. On January 1, ...

Scientists have found a way to turn ordinary succulents into living night lights by infusing them with special glowing compounds. After just a few minutes of sunlight or LED exposure, these plants can ...

Sweet potato DNA decoded, revealing hybrid ancestry. Discovery aids future breeding and resilience. The sweet potato is a staple food for millions of people worldwide, particularly in sub-Saharan ...

The study finds life’s origin faces severe mathematical challenges. Chance alone may not be enough. A new study addresses one of science’s most enduring questions: how did life first arise from ...

A major international study found that even mild Covid infections can stiffen blood vessels as if they had aged five extra years, raising long-term risks of heart attacks and strokes.