The low-carb, high-fat diet increases the presence of gamma-delta T cells in the animals’ lungs, improving a mucus barrier against the virus.

Many dominant T cell variants decline during pregnancy and reappear afterward, possibly explaining why relapses of the autoimmune disease are less common when women are expecting.

Using DNA data, researchers track family dynamics in Europe over the last 500 years and find socioeconomic status is related to married women having a child with a man other than their husband.

A major sensory neuron in roundworms distinguishes proprioception from harmful touch by sending out local or whole-cell signals, respectively.

Distantly related, lookalike Heliconius species arrive at the same appearance using the same few genes, but regulated differently, according to recent studies.

Oligomannate, recently approved in China, is being met with some skepticism from researchers.

Inhaling combustion-produced particles may lead to the development of brain tumors.

The country’s new government appears to have heard the call from academics for an independent body to distribute federal research funds.

Members of two geology societies voiced concerns about the school’s prohibition of same-sex relationships.