A new mechanism has been identified where very small pollutant particles in the air may trigger lung cancer in people who have never smoked.

By the time you test positive for COVID-19, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has already taken up residence in your respiratory system.

Earth is as friendly to life as any planet could possibly be — or is it? If Jupiter’s orbit changes, Earth could become more hospitable.

The study looked at ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain and is the most common type of stroke.

The MSK clinical trial was investigating — for the first time ever — if immunotherapy alone could beat rectal cancer.

Accounting for user preferences and current user experience, a new algorithm can increase the number of matches by at least 27%.

UC Riverside physicist and colleague invoke the cosmological collider to explain why matter, and not antimatter, dominates the universe

Evidence is mounting that this collection of microorganisms in the human gut can also impact a person’s neurological and emotional health

A unique 3D-printed light-sensing medical device could help millions of people worldwide with lupus and other light-sensitive diseases

Imagine being able to generate electricity by harnessing moisture in the air around you with just everyday items like sea salt and fabric.

A new therapeutic approach prevents the growth of metastatic tumors by forcing cancer cells into a dormant state.

Remission of type 2 diabetes is achieved more effectively and has longer-lasting results with bariatric surgery than through medications.

Non-nutritive sweeteners – also known as sugar substitutes or artificial sweeteners – are supposed to deliver all the sweetness of sugar.

Plants use light waves from only a portion of the spectrum for photosynthesis—the remainder can be recovered and used to make solar power.

A new desalination technology will significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production using solar energy.

Researchers have developed a simple method to make surfaces superhydrophobic — that is, very water-repellant — without chemicals.

If you could keep going out, as far as you wanted, would you just keep passing by galaxies forever? Are there an infinite number of galaxies

People with obesity treated with a weekly dose of Tirzepatide, a novel GIP/GLP-1 receptor agonist lost about 52 pounds on average.

Using stem cells is a powerful way to deliver important proteins to the brain or spinal cord that can’t get through the blood-brain barrier.

Researchers created embryos from stem cells that form a brain, a beating heart, and the foundations of all the other organs of the body.