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More than 4,000 women collected their own vaginal swabs to help scientists build a reference for the understudied healthy vaginal microbiome.

At the intersection of biology and computation, this postdoc studies how nanoscale protein shells control the flow of life’s essential molecules.

From the challenges of moving abroad to the thrill of discovery, this postdoc's journey highlights resilience, collaboration, and the power of new technologies.

The need for sleep likely evolved to get rid of toxic molecules from the mitochondria, a landmark study shows using sleep-deprived flies.

Researchers modified a protein in the cell elimination pathway to create a targeted system for destroying disease-causing cells, called Crunch.

Sucralose can weaken patients’ response to cancer treatment. The gut microbiome likely mediates this effect, further studies in mice show. 

Estrogen helps regenerate kidney cells, offering new insights into why women are less prone to chronic kidney disease and potential treatment breakthroughs.

Cells exposed to a month of extraterrestrial conditions accumulated molecular changes associated with aging and mutations linked to cancer.

Blending chemistry, biology, and nanotechnology, this postdoc's work focuses on developing sustainable methods for wastewater treatment.

Caffeine’s resemblance to sleep-promoting adenosine takes it across the brain to alter neuron activity.

By analyzing the brain activity of 30 drivers, researchers found that listening to certain kinds of music might ease motion sickness or even make it worse.

Genetic studies can identify people with rare blood groups and help scientists understand their unique antigens to find compatible donors.