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A research team has shown that specific osmotic solutions should be used in cases where patients with kidney failure being treated with peritoneal dialysis and have a common gene variant for the protein Aquaporin-1.

Electroconvulsive therapy has long been used to treat severe, persistent depression, but not without unwelcome side effects; researchers looked at whether magnets might be better over the long-term

According to a new study, tangles in unwound DNA can create mutational hotspots in the genomes of bacteria.

Poets and writers may create new and compelling metaphors, but all of us use hundreds of these everyday metaphors in regular conversations. A team of Princeton scientists has found a way to measure the impact of this metaphorical language.

Researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and the University of Leicester have developed a new method to remove old cells from tissues, thus slowing down the ageing process.

New research details a novel method called Repair-seq that reveals in exquisite detail how genome editing tools work.

Throughout Earth's oceans runs a conveyor belt of water. Its churning is powered by differences in the water's temperature and saltiness, and weather patterns around the world are regulated by its activity. Slower ocean circulation as the result of climate change could intensify extreme cold weather in the U.S., research suggests.

A new study is helping to understand how and why restricting calories may slow tumor growth.

Researchers have designed nanoparticles that can communicate with and slow the development of cancer cells. The work has uncovered a novel framework for the potential development of drug-free cancer therapies.

Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when has remained unclear. Here, scientists show that Europeans were already active in the Americas in 1021 AD.