New research suggests that multiple sclerosis (MS) may quietly begin affecting the body up to 15 years before the first ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a genetic "silencer" within the HTLV-1 virus that helps it stay hidden in the body, evading the immune system for decades. This silencer element essentially turns ...

Between 2003 and 2021, Earth saw a net boost in photosynthesis, mainly thanks to land plants thriving in warming, wetter ...

Long before evolution equipped them with the right teeth, early humans began eating tough grasses and starchy underground ...

In a fascinating twist, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered that a sugar molecule cancer cells use to hide from the immune system might also protect insulin-producing beta cells in type 1 diabetes. By ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are transforming weight loss, but a new UVA study warns they're not improving a critical measure of ...

AI is helping scientists crack the code on next-gen batteries that could replace lithium-ion tech. By discovering novel ...

Physicists at MIT recreated the double-slit experiment using individual photons and atoms held in laser light, uncovering the ...

About 9 million years ago, a wild interspecies fling between tomato-like plants and potato relatives in South America gave ...

Women who drank heavily, even though they strongly wished to avoid pregnancy, were 50% more likely to become pregnant than ...