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New research suggests that living near greenery may lessen air pollution’s impact on breast cancer risk. These insights could guide healthier urban design.

In the Living Brain Project, researchers leveraged deep brain stimulation surgeries to compare the brains of the living to those of the dead.

People show different sensitivities to low temperature because of variations in body mass, muscle mass, and genetics.

Which cell is the coolest? Experts weigh in on their favorite cell types and what makes each one special in science and health.

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have emerged more times than previously thought.

Behavioral traits get passed on via an animal’s genetics, but a new study reveals that the microbiome can pass them on too, providing insight into animal evolution.

This postdoc uses genomics and molecular imaging to explore how cells lose order and turn malignant.

This postdoc studies the molecular dynamics in polymers to enhance the strength and flexibility of plastics.

The devastating retrovirus HTLV-1 has eluded scientists for decades. Overcoming chronic funding and other challenges, potential treatments are finally within grasp.

The reason dogs beg, sit, stay, and shake for peanut butter could be both evolutionarily wired and learned behavior.

Flies carrying disease-causing microbes will likely contaminate the food they touch, but different factors determine whether the person who eats it will get sick.

Scientists leveraged plants’ built-in regeneration capacity to grow modified plants in weeks instead of months, offering a novel tool in plant biotechnology.