Half of the world’s population will be nearsighted by 2050. Scientists propose that the amount of light reaching the retina in dark environments could be why.

Tiny amounts of signaling molecules hang around on macrophages to pump up responses to repeated threats, offering a target to treat autoimmune conditions.

Students with lower undergraduate GPAs fared as well in their PhD programs as those with higher GPAs, highlighting the need to look beyond grades in PhD admissions.

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By binding to both vaccine antibodies and a protein frequently upregulated in tumors, a molecular bridge harnesses antiviral immunity to fight cancer.

A novel bacterium recovered from 5,000-year-old ice exhibited resistance patterns to modern antibiotics, which may offer ...

Shilpa Vijay is a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Her work explores how air moves over complex surfaces at ...

US researchers saw many challenges in 2025. With a new NIH budget, some are optimistic for the year ahead, while others ...

Organoids developed from human stem cells modeled spinal cord injuries, providing a powerful in vitro tool to evaluate ...

Trained on millions of scientific papers, a new large language model could help researchers keep up with the growing body of ...

Momentum behind brain-computer interfaces is growing, but experts say that design innovations are needed to help them survive decades in.

Oral vaccines promise painless, needle-free protection—but the human gut evolved to destroy exactly what vaccines are made of ...