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People feel more positive about planting trees and protecting rainforests as a means of combating climate change than they do about employing technological solutions, according to a new research paper in Global Environmental Change.

A novel treatment based on CAR-T cells could help tackle encephalitis, a common autoimmune disease, by targeting and eliminating disease-causing cells.

Inspired by the enhanced visual system of the Papilio xuthus butterfly, a team of researchers have developed an imaging sensor capable of “seeing” into the UV range inaccessible to human eyes.

Knowledge engineering methods could reduce the number of misdiagnoses by combining the diagnoses of multiple clinicians, reports new research.

As humans, we live in our thoughts: from pondering what to make for dinner to daydreaming about our last beach vacation. Now, new research from scientists at Janelia suggests that animals also possess an imagination.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have led a phase 1 trial of a new drug that delivers potent radiation therapy directly and specifically to cancer cells in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Clumping of the alpha-synuclein protein (aSN) has been known as a central player in diseases that break down the brain and its functions. Researchers have now demonstrated that natural aSN is an important activator of an essential calcium pump.

Researchers from the Universities of Freiburg and Ulm have developed a monolithically integrated photo battery using organic materials.

Charged, chemically "aggressive" fragments could be the basis for synthesizing new compounds with unreactive elements that could be used for microchips and solar cells.

Black men in the United States are more likely to develop prostate cancer than white men, and after diagnosis, they’re more likely to have advanced disease and to die than white men with the disease.