A newly engineered antibody can penetrate kidney cysts and interrupt the growth signals that drive polycystic kidney disease.

Although the research centered on mAChR4 within the gut, this signaling protein is also known to influence areas of the brain ...

Researchers at LMU have uncovered how ribosomes, the cell’s protein builders, also act as early warning sensors when something goes wrong inside a cell. When protein production is disrupted, and ...

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early ...

Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.

Scientists have discovered a 151-million-year-old fossil fly in Australia that challenges ideas about insect evolution. Named ...

Scientists have uncovered how a molecule called spermine, naturally produced by the body, helps cells neutralize toxic protein buildups linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. By encouraging these ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Scientists have created a soft wireless implant that uses tiny flashes of light to send information straight into the brain, ...

Using the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, scientists have filmed atoms performing an eternal quantum dance that never ...

Scientists found that nanopores’ electrical charges control how ions flow and when pores temporarily shut down. The discovery ...

This achievement led to the identification of a previously unknown crystallization pathway in water and resulted in the ...