A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

Waste is everywhere. All the cities in the world invariably produce sewage sludge — the thick, organic mess left over from ...

Autoimmune diseases, which are estimated to affect more than 15 million people in the U.S., occur when the body responds to immune-system false alarms, and infection-fighting first responders are sent ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

GeekWire Award finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with ...

Scientists have discovered how cells initiate waste recycling and form ‘garbage bags,’ a crucial process for health. This ...

Scientists have discovered a protein that enables bacteria to shut down into dormant spores under extreme conditions. The ...

The exception is iron. “It’s important to leave a one- to two-hour gap between your iron supplements and your cup of coffee ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

With clinical trials results trickling in, “antiaging” drugs that clear away senescent cells are proving to be promising — ...

A previously unknown protein in a family of bacteria found in soil and the human gut microbiome has been discovered – which could help drug delivery in cancer treatment.

A new study reveals a possible protein misfolding mechanism that may resolve a long-standing mystery of why certain proteins ...