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Researchers have discovered that a tooth enamel protein could also play a role in dry age-related macular degeneration, potentially providing a new therapeutic target.

A surprising property of blood stem cells has been uncovered: not only do they ensure the continuous renewal of blood cells and contribute to the immune response triggered by an infection, but they can also remember previous infectious encounters to drive a more rapid and more efficient immune response in the future.

Skin is our body's most ardent defender against pathogens and other external threats. Its outermost layer is maintained through a remarkable transformation in which skin cells swiftly convert into squames--flat, dead cells that provide a tight seal between the living portion of the skin and the world outside.

Smart speakers - think, an Amazon Alexa or a Google Home - offer a wide variety of capabilities to help free up both our time and our hands, but one task it hasn’t mastered is determining user location in the home. A new system called VoLoc uses the microphone array on Alexa, as well as room echoes of the human voice, to infer the user location inside the home.

By analyzing samples from hundreds of Finns with diabetes, scientists have identified genes that could be involved in the development of diabetic kidney disease.

Research at North Carolina State University shows that the CRISPR-Cas system can be used to effectively target and eliminate specific gut bacteria, in this case Clostridioides difficile , the pathogen that causes colitis – a chronic, degenerative disease of the colon.

Researchers have discovered that ocean acidification impacts the ability of some oysters to pass down "memories" of environmental trauma to their offspring.

Scientists have successfully mapped around 18,000 of the proteins found in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

A project devised a novel approach for quantum error correction that could provide a key step toward practical quantum computers, sensors and distributed quantum information.

Using advanced microscopy and mathematical modeling, researchers have discovered a pattern that governs the growth of neurons.