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A new generation of light-controlled medical electronics could make temporary neural interfaces less invasive and easier to control. In a...

Soil may look like an inert layer beneath our feet, but it is one of Earth’s most complex living systems—and...

Dopamine has long been cast as the brain’s “motivation molecule,” a chemical messenger that helps shape reward, learning, movement and...

A new study published in Nature Communications reports that sepsis-associated acute kidney injury, one of the most dangerous complications of...

Glioblastoma remains the most lethal primary brain tumour in adults, even after decades of progress in molecular biology and cancer...

A new study published in npj Urban Sustainability identifies a powerful but often overlooked force behind the planet’s expanding urban...

Parkinson’s disease may be entering a new era of prediction, in which the earliest clues to a patient’s future are...

Wildfires are often described as disasters that end when the flames disappear, but their chemical influence can persist long after...

A common bladder infection may be prompting a much bigger medical question than doctors once assumed. A nationwide population-based study...

Light could soon become more than a carrier of data. In a new study published in Light: Science & Applications,...