Nandkumar M. Kamat As the year is about to end, here is a short review of important breakthroughs in science that defined the ...

UC San Diego researchers uncover enzyme behind cancer genome chaos, pointing to potential therapies for aggressive tumors.

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism's cause—a ...

This has less to do with culture or DNA and more with weak enforcement, selective policing, and inconsistent state authority ...

Scientists in Bengaluru are engineering chickens to produce human proteins in eggs, potentially revolutionizing low-cost biomedical production.

Scientists in a recent breakthrough have discovered a paradigm shift in polar bears’ genetics, helping them to adapt to disastrous realities of climate change. Owing to human-caused ...

Figure 1. Overview of sampling design, isolate diversity, and genomic reconstruction of urban E. coli isolates. A research ...

Cholesterol meds—taking by millions of Americans every day—often come with a lifelong prescription, adding out-of-pocket ...

For decades, the dream of slowing aging has hovered at the edge of science fiction, more marketing slogan than medical ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Acid deposition is a globally distributed stressor known to disrupt soil chemistry, suppress microbial activity, and impair ...