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New research won’t only help you nail the timing for your banana bread — it could also help reduce millions of tons of food waste from the widely cultivated fruit.

A new tool has been developed that can specifically recognize four-stranded RNA structures associated with disease.

Lactic acid (lactate) is generated in the body as a byproduct, during normal metabolism and exercise. To improve the detection sensitivity of lactate, a lactate sensor with high temporal resolution known as “Laconic” has recently been developed.

A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed the strongest evidence to date that all bison in North America carry multiple small, but clearly identifiable, regions of DNA that originated from domestic cattle.

A postnatal gene therapy has been developed to restore normal gene activity in people with a rare genetic disorder, and has shown promise in mouse models.

Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Würzburg have now used fruit flies to demonstrate how, apart from the negative effect, the mutation of a neuronal gene can have a positive effect – namely higher IQ in humans. They have published the discovery in the prestigious journal Brain.

Microplastics are being transported to some of the most remote places on earth by the wind, according to new research.

A new fluorescent probe could be used to track the activity of the immune system as it fights against cancer, enabling effective monitoring of cancer treatments.

A new study investigates how water hardness affects zinc accumulation and oxidative stress in goldfish.

Microbes in different soils might use different metabolic pathways to process nutrients, respire and grow, according to new research.