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A nationwide study to evaluate the effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against symptomatic forms of SARS-CoV-2 infection has been conducted.

Researchers have developed an innovative, open-source molecular detection method that is able to detect and quantify the B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of SARS-CoV-2.

A team of researchers has identified the genes responsible for the spiraling conical structures that comprise the Romanesco cauliflower, and have replicated these patterns in a small flowering plant called Arabidopsis thaliana.

According to research, COVID-19 variants may be more adept at breaking into and infecting human cells.

A study has found that unlike early human species, chimpanzees do not seem to be able to spontaneously make and use sharp stone tools, even when they have all the materials and incentive to do so.

In 2017, Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, and Richard Henderson won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), an imaging technique that can capture pictures of biomolecules such as proteins with atomic precision. A team of scientists has now developed a cryoEM method that can capture images of protein movements at the microsecond timescale.

Newborns at risk for Type 1 diabetes because they were given antibiotics may have their gut microorganisms restored with a maternal fecal transplant.

A new study conducted by Northwestern Medicine researchers suggests that coffee consumption and eating lots of vegetables may offer some protection against COVID-19.

In the largest study of its kind, an investigation by UC San Francisco has found no evidence that moderate coffee consumption can cause cardiac arrhythmia.

Scientists are using ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, leveraging research efforts from MIT laboratories over more than three decades.