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Researchers have discovered that when a pregnant mother is infected by Zika virus, it can remain in the placenta for months, causing damage that can be dangerous to the fetus. These findings advance our understanding of mother to baby transmission and provide the groundwork for the future development of drugs and vaccines.

A metabolite produced by the body increases lifespan and dramatically compresses late-life morbidity in mice, according to new research.

Researchers have shown that a Selenium-based drug molecule called ebselen and a number of other newly developed compounds can alter many of the toxic characteristics of a protein called superoxide dismutase (SOD1), which causes some cases of motor neurone disease.

Infrared spectroscopy is important in chemistry to analyze and identify different molecules. Current state-of-the-art methods can make approximately 1 million observations per second, but now researchers have surpassed this with a method around 100 times faster.

Researchers have said that face shields and masks with valves are ineffective against the spread of COVID-19.

A new study in mice could help to explain why gut microbiomes of breastfed infants can differ greatly from those of formula-fed infants.

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign researchers have demonstrated a prototype of a rapid COVID-19 molecular test and a simple-to-use, portable instrument for reading the results with a smartphone in 30 minutes, which could enable point-of-care diagnosis without needing to send samples to a lab.

In Biomicrofluidics, scientists report a membrane-based invention that can concentrate the virus content of a sample of urine or saliva, allowing it to be detected.

A new study suggests that minute differences in individual muscle cell contractions allow the entire muscle to flex with greater control and accuracy.

A new study shows the results from a dietary intervention in U.S. veterans suffering from Gulf War Illness, a neurological disorder in veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War from 1990 to 1991.