Allergies show a small but significant link to later cancer risk
A new meta-analysis suggests allergies are not broadly protective against cancer, with asthma and regional differences shaping a…
Scientists discover sugar molecules that predict disease years early
A quiet layer of biology is beginning to change how health is understood, and it sits on the…
Scientists unlock the secret role of ocean microbes in Earth’s climate
Beneath the ocean’s surface, an unseen system works without pause. Tiny microbes drift through the water, breaking down…
Engineered scaffold restores skull growth in craniosynostosis mouse models
An engineered triphasic biomaterial scaffold successfully recreated the cranial suture stem cell niche lost in craniosynostosis, a condition…
JWST reveals why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming stars
Distant galaxies that abruptly stopped making stars have puzzled astronomers for years. About 9 billion years ago, during…
518-million-year-old fossil reveals where spider fangs came from
Spiders are famous for the business end of their bodies, the sharp mouthparts that seize prey and help…
Ancient DNA in Oceania reveals hidden human evolution and health insights
A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth.…
Nearly half of dementia cases can be prevented, study finds
Memory loss is often treated like weather, something that arrives with age and cannot be stopped. But dementia…
First-ever synthetic cell grows, divides, replicates and could revolutionize biology
A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried…
New fossil discovery explains the disappearance of the Flores ‘Hobbits’ 61,000 years ago
In a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores, a tiny human relative once lived alongside dwarf elephants,…
XMM-Newton gamma-ray detection shows the Milky Way is bigger than previously thought
The Milky Way’s farthest spiral arms have long been sketched more from motion than measurement. Now three violent…
New breast cancer classification system predicts immunotherapy response success
The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has marked a paradigm shift in cancer treatment, yet a significant…