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An algorithm has been designed that can analyze thousands of variants across the genome to identify people at risk of developing kidney disease decades before disease onset.

Climate change is on track to interfere with tomato production – and could be especially bad news for fans of ketchup, pizza sauce and other processed tomato products.

New farming practices that balance farmland productivity with minimizing environmental impact could help farms to become a net sink of carbon dioxide.

Researchers have conducted one of the largest investigations to date studying the associations between a person's height and their risk of disease. The results show, whether tall or short, that height is a plausible risk factor for many conditions.

Scientists have found a way to interpret "signatures" in the chromosomes of tumors, revealing the genetic causes of cancers with some of the lowest survival rates. This may lead to more accurate treatments and improved survival.

A new study has predicted that the number of cancer case and deaths in Africa will double by 2040, highlighting the urgent need for better cancer information, prevention, screening and treatment.

A new study has analyzed the diverse ancestries of people living in the UK. This knowledge has the potential to inform future health research on genetic factors leading to disease.

Low-level exposure to radon gas can still increase a person's lung cancer risk, highlighting the need for better protection in workplaces – including mines – where radon presents a hazard.

With conventional methods, it is extremely time-consuming to calculate the spectral fingerprint of larger molecules, but necessary for data interpretation. Now, self-learning graphical neural networks could speed things up.

According to research, inherently probabilistic computers, built out of p-bits, can outperform state-of-the-art software that has been in development for decades