A team of researchers in Japan and the United Kingdom has identified a crystalline material that moves oxide ions with…

Triclosan, the synthetic antimicrobial that has quietly permeated everything from hand soaps and toothpastes to cutting boards and athletic wear,…

Pharmaceutical science is quietly undergoing one of its most consequential transformations in decades, and a forthcoming special issue of the…

When a cancer diagnosis arrives, the questions arrive with it. What does this stage mean? Which treatment has the best…

Deep beneath the surface of some of the world’s most demanding engineering challenges lies a deceptively simple problem: how do…

Chemists have long dreamed of turning plant waste into the building blocks of modern industry, and a new study brings…

When mitochondria falter, scientists have long focused on a single molecular culprit: a buildup of NADH, the reduced form of…

The tiny amphibious snail Oncomelania hupensis is an unassuming creature, but it carries an outsized burden in public health: it…

Inside every human cell, thousands of proteins must find their way to the correct address — the nucleus, the mitochondria,…

When a child in chemotherapy develops septic shock that refuses to respond to fluids, antibiotics, and powerful blood-pressure drugs, intensive…