T-cell therapies are not just for cancer. Researchers are also advancing immunotherapy methods to protect bone marrow transplant patients from viral infections.
Factors such as humidity and temperature can affect how Rhinolophus clivosus use echolocation.
Among this year’s winners are a geneticist who revealed how plants respond to shade and a group of physicists who mapped the universe’s background radiation.
A single receptor on natural killer cells recognizes an amino acid sequence conserved across Zika, dengue, and related pathogens.
Aggressive little marine predators, mantis shrimps possess a mushroom body that appears identical to the one found in insects.
The fossil booty includes some eggs with embryo remains inside, and points to group nests involving long-term parental care.
Scientists have identified a new genus of extinct horse that lived in North America during the last ice age.
The 10-micrometer-long flagellate cell might have a big story to tell about the evolution of eukaryotes.
Fotis Kafatos, a Greek researcher famous for his work on malaria, has died at age 77.
Shorter telomere length is widely considered a manifestation of stress in young children, but the results of a new study find it’s more complicated than that.
The prominent researcher has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation into unspecified allegations.
The 20-year project calls into question the conventional wisdom about the role plants will play in mitigating future climate change.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
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