Enamel wear, often unnoticed, thins the teeth's protective outer layer, revealing yellow dentin and causing sensitivity. This ...

Graham Johnson, a computational biologist and scientific illustrator at the Allen Institute for Cell Science, recalls fantasizing at a lunch table, more than 15 years ago, about a computer model of a ...

Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was named one of three laureates for the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday. The discovery established a foundation for therapies that modulate ...

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

Scientists hope to prevent deaths from climate change, but heat and cold are more complicated than we thought.

Academic scientists and pharmaceutical companies alike are embracing artificial intelligence, even as questions linger about ...

Hypertonic solutions have more dissolved stuff (like salt) than the inside of cells, causing water to leave the cells and ...

Tucked into White Pine County at an elevation of 6,437 feet, this historic mining town offers retirees something increasingly rare: a comfortable lifestyle that won’t require you to choose between ...

Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells ...

In a human body, cells are constantly making life-or-death decisions. If they make the wrong choice, the result can be cancer. It may be possible to treat diseases by influencing this behavior.

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death ...

A new study shows that aging isn't a totally gradual or linear process. While the research comes with caveats, the findings could help us age more gracefully. A pathology professor who believes ...