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Researchers have used machine learning methods to characterize chemicals in furniture, plastic housewares and pesticides that activate fat-forming pathways.

Scientists have discovered that the drug masitinib may be effective in treating COVID-19. They also found that it could be effective against other types of coronaviruses, in addition to SARS-CoV-2, as well as picornaviruses.

A study by an international research group identified 15 novel biomarkers that are linked to late-onset dementias. These biomarkers are proteins, which predict cognitive decline and subsequent increased risk of dementia already 20 years before the disease onset.

Scientists have outlined a new paradigm to explain the activation of Type II receptors. These receptors play important roles in our body’s use of cholesterol and glucose, among other critical processes.

The Fusarium wilt is a fungus that attacks the banana plant and causes the plant to dry up and die. One of the most dangerous strains is the Tropical Race 4 (TR4) and it seriously threatens banana production globally. Scientists have explored disease-biocontrol agents of five Bacillus strains that display antibiotic ability against TR4.

Raging rivers in flood swirl up pollutants out of their sediments that stem from environmental pollution decades or centuries ago. Such harmful substances can not only cause ecological damage in the river, but can also deposit themselves on flooded areas and affect crops, grazing livestock and humans.

Small juvenile sea turtles from the Pacific and Indian Oceans have a very high occurrence of ingested plastic, a new study shows. The life cycle of marine turtles might "trap" juvenile turtles in habitats with high amounts of plastic debris.

Researchers have described chromosome positioning during the formation of spermatozoa. The study will allow studying 3D models of chromosomal territoriality and how its alterations can affect fertility.

The thalamus is the relay station of sensory and motor abilities in the brain. Research has found that cells from the thalamus integrate information before sending it on.

Research has upended common assumptions about the chemical stability of double-stranded RNA that may prove useful to fields from agriculture to medicine. The lab’s findings even may have implications for our understanding of the origins of life.