For centuries, friction has been one of the most familiar yet stubbornly mysterious phenomena in physics. Engineers can measure friction…

In the humid rainforest belt of Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, the ground beneath a farmer’s feet tells a very different…

For patients diagnosed with locally advanced gastric cancer, the news is often grim: the disease is the fourth most common…

Chemists in China have unveiled a cobalt-based porous carbon catalyst that converts a biomass-derived molecule into a key plastic precursor…

Sanofi is paying Regeneron $1 billion upfront to collaborate on four early-stage immunology programs, teeing the longstanding partners up to try…

One of the most widely used and life-saving chemotherapy drugs in the world carries a hidden cost: it can push…

A humble variety of rice grown on the borderlands of Nepal and India has become the unlikely star of a…

Scientists have unveiled a new artificial intelligence–derived blood test that distills the molecular noise of cellular aging into a single…

Quantum computers promise to solve problems that stump even the most powerful supercomputers, but the machines themselves are stubbornly imperfect.…

A sweeping 26-year analysis of India’s two most important commercial crops has revealed a striking divergence in what actually drives…