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Polluted air impedes the trees’ ability to read one another’s signals, a study finds.

Researchers say there may be similar, human genes whose effects on lifespan vary by sex.

King Charles III has a long history of promoting homeopathic or alternative medical treatments not supported by scientific evidence.

Recent studies have lent support for a variety of hypotheses explaining the debilitating symptoms affecting millions of people after SARS-CoV-2 infection.  

The Biogen-developed treatment, called lecanemab, appears to have a more clear-cut effect on slowing the disease than the company’s previous Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm.

Mahi-mahi were more likely to be eaten and less likely to spawn after being exposed to sublethal concentrations of oil, raising concerns about the risks oceanic drilling pose to life in the ocean.

This year’s awards recognize work on integrins, noninvasive prenatal screening, and COVID-19 data tracking.

The Scientist spoke with microbiologist William Whitman about a new system of nomenclature for prokaryotic organisms that can’t be cultured.

With their laboratories prepared as well as possible for what’s now a Category 3 hurricane, all scientists in Florida can do now is wait.

For more than 50 years, the program has served as a pipeline to get more scholars of color into academic institutions.

A protein duo increases transcription of growth-related genes to enhance axon regeneration and boost plasticity, a study finds—but fails to improve mobility.

Maternal infection during pregnancy may be associated with autism, as previous studies have suggested—but perhaps not in a causal way.