Obesity may do more than raise the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers. A new review published in...

The zebra finch, a small songbird famous for its elaborate vocal repertoire, has become the first bird species to receive...

A new study has demonstrated a way to reduce vitamin D receptor activity selectively in bone or muscle in living...

A new study has identified and characterized a population of cells in the brain’s subventricular zone that may resemble the...

A large study of children using melatonin has found that the supplement was associated with a small reduction in the...

Wildfire smoke has become an increasingly important source of prenatal air pollution in the United States, even as overall exposure...

A genetic switch that determines whether butterfly lily flowers develop as mirror-image left- or right-handed forms has been identified for...

Herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is being targeted by a new vaccine candidate in a large phase 3 clinical...

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine research is moving beyond the traditional injection-based approach, with scientists examining whether immunity can be established directly at...

Scientists have reconstructed the most complete diploid human genome yet produced, creating a high-resolution sequence that contains both copies of...