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Researchers have created 3D molecular maps of bacteria, viruses, and biochemicals across coral colonies. This allowed the discovery of specific microbial and viral functions that appear to be key components of the coral microbiome.

More than a third of the Antarctic's ice shelf area could be at risk of collapsing into the sea if global temperatures reach 4°C above pre-industrial levels, new research has shown.

New research links sinus inflammation with alterations in brain activity, specifically with the neural networks that modulate cognition, introspection and response to external stimuli.

A horse's gut microbiome communicates with its host by sending chemical signals to its cells, which has the effect of helping the horse to extend its energy output, finds a new study. This exciting discovery paves the way for dietary supplements that could enhance equine athletic performance.

Dual announcements from regulators in the EU and the UK have jointly concluded that the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine, now trademarked as Vaxzevria, is effective at preventing COVID-19 and, overall, has benefits that outweigh any risk posed by extremely rare clotting disorders linked to the vaccine.

While bipolar disorder is linked to many genes, each one making small contributions to the disease, scientists don't know just how those genes ultimately give rise to the disorder's effects. However, new research has found for the first time that disruptions to a particular protein called Akt can lead to the brain changes characteristic of bipolar disorder.

In a new paper, researchers explain why people rarely look at a situation, object or idea that needs improving – in all kinds of contexts – and think to remove something as a solution. Instead, we almost always add some element, whether it helps or not.

A research team has sequenced the genomes of the oldest securely dated modern humans in Europe and have shown that this early human group in Europe contributed genes to later people, particularly present-day East Asians.

New research has for the first time compared images of the protein spikes that develop on the surface of cells exposed to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to the protein spike of the SARS-CoV-19 coronavirus.

It is recognized that Parkinson's disease patients are more likely to develop melanoma than the general population. Scientists now report a molecular link between the two diseases in the form of protein aggregates known as amyloids.