You’ve likely heard it since childhood: Don’t scratch that bug bite or rash, you’ll make it worse. But why would something ...

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Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite ...

The discovery may explain why some people experience side effects from statins and could lead to future therapies that make ...

Hello girl,” Randy Foo says to the small bat with big eyes, as he gently takes her out of the pouch and onto the lab bench.

Routine immunizations against common viral and bacterial infections might offer an unexpected benefit by protecting the brain ...

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing ...

When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests.

With the aid of physical forces—in this case, sound—it is possible to actively steer the formation of engineered tissue. For ...

It took two scientists decades to find a new nitrogen-fixing organelle. It could change the future of sustainable agriculture ...

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