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Wildfire smoke can leave behind an ashy taste in wine called smoke taint. Bacteria that live on grapevines could degrade the main chemical behind this flavor.

The accuracy of non-invasive blood and stool-based tests for colorectal cancer is improving, but experts say it’s too soon to drop colonoscopies altogether.

This postdoc’s fascination with invisible forces grew into research that connects atmospheric physics with agriculture and food security.

These “zombie” cells are damaged yet refuse to die. Instead, they linger in the body, infect healthy cells, and can contribute to age-related decline.

Bats pollinate plants and control insects but also transmit diseases to humans. Researchers investigate ways to prevent viral spread.

With a passion for systems biology and multi-omics integration, this postdoc is turning datasets into narratives that uncover hidden mechanisms of disease.

Gene expression snapshots paint an incomplete picture of development. By tracking cell shape changes in live tissues, scientists may fill in the missing pieces.

Profiles of more than 2,500 people’s gut microbiomes revealed that the longer people took certain drugs, the larger the effect on their microbiome.

Twenty years into the Psychedelic Renaissance, neuroscientists still struggle to understand how psychedelics work and how to rectify misconceptions about these drugs.

Lost and then recovered blood supply when limbs get compressed causes nerves to go haywire.

By spreading out tightly packed information in neural networks, a new set of tools could make AI protein models easier to understand. 

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug development with RNA-based therapies.