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The researchers say these findings challenge dogma in the field, which has given the liver all credit for metabolizing alcohol.

Researchers turned white blood cells called neutrophils into drug-smuggling “neutrobots,” which penetrated the blood-brain barrier to treat brain cancer in mice.

A bipartisan bill aims to increase the National Science Foundation’s budget over the next five years and form a new technology directorate.

Manipulating the activity of neurons active during training had similar effects on the mice’s behavior.

The move follows widespread criticism of the episode and its promotion, and the resignation of the podcast’s host.

More-accurate predictions of the severity of an upcoming grass pollen season based on rainfall and temperature could help allergy sufferers manage their symptoms.

Following on the success of CAR T cells used to treat cancers of the blood, researchers have launched a Phase 1 clinical trial of genetically modified macrophages to target solid tumors.

The Scientist Social Club talked to the author and her dad, Chris Miller. 

Whiteflies overcome a toxin in plants they eat through the use of the plant’s own genetic protection, likely ferried from plant to insect millions of years ago by a virus.

After a nearly 30-year hunt, researchers have shown that a neurotoxin generated by cyanobacteria on invasive plants is responsible for eagle and waterbird deaths from vacuolar myelinopathy.

In the armpit lymph nodes of people who had received the mRNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, researchers found germinal centers needed to generate long-lived antibody-making cells.

A noninvasive saliva test accurately identified concussions in a study of hundreds of rugby players.