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As if the products’ added salt, sugar and fat levels weren’t damaging enough to our health, a new study has linked the foods’ emulsifiers to higher incidences of certain cancers.

A new biohybrid catalyst constructed of an "anchor peptide" and a cobalt complex can oxidize polystyrene to facilitate its degradation, even in mixed plastics.

A team of marine scientists has tracked leatherbacks migrating along the US east coast and discovered previously unknown hotspots where the turtles displayed inferred foraging behavior.

Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can demonstrate lasting behavioral changes, with the impact extending to offspring that were never exposed firsthand.

Dr. Mustafa Akbulut, professor of chemical engineering, has teamed up with horticultural science professor Luis Cisneros-Zevallos to engineer longer-lasting, bacteria-free produce.

The interplay between electric and magnetic fields could be responsible for the so-called homochirality of life – where all biomolecules only occur in one of two mirror-image forms.

The findings, more than a decade in the making, reveal a rich diversity of beneficial fungi living in boreal forest trees, with implications about the health of forests.

A new study has found microplastics in every human placenta the researchers tested, raising concern about the effect of environmental microplastics on human health.

A new study scoured ~10,000 ancient genomes in search of trisomies, such as Down Syndrome. Combined with archeological analyses, the data reveal how these infants were perceived in ancient societies.

Gold nanocrystals suspended in a water buffer represent a novel therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative conditions. This nanomedicine, called CNM-Au8, is being investigated to treat patients with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease.