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Researchers have found the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption anywhere in the world in the teeth of prehistoric British farmers.

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that shows how bias distorts results when measuring bacterial communities through metagenomic sequencing, the first step toward developing calibration methods that could make metagenomic measurements more accurate.

Researchers have outlined a framework called the "Alzheimer's Disease Exposome" to address major gaps in understanding how environmental factors interact with genetic factors to increase or reduce risk for the disease.

A welcome decision has been taken to phase out animal testing of chemical products, such as pesticides, cleaning products, and other substances that are regulated by the EPA, by 2035.

An EEG (electroencephalogram) can provide a valuable biomarker for detecting delirium, a serious mental disturbance that is often underrecognized, as well as predicting poor clinical outcomes, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found.

Seemingly identical cells can use different protein molecules to carry out the same function in an important cellular process. Scientists have named this variability “functional mosaicism”. It could have significant implications for the development of therapeutic treatments.

A new virus found in fire ants from Argentina—has the potential to become a biological control agent against the red imported fire ants infesting the United States.

Researchers have measured how the production of algae and the Earth's oxygen level affect each other – what you might call ‘Earth's heartbeat’. Studies of ancient limestone indicate that it is not just the oxygen level that affects animals, but that animals can regulate the oxygen level.

Scientists have found a way to dispatch minute fragments of palladium inside cancerous cells. The metal could be used to aid cancer treatments.

A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer, according to research by Queen Mary University of London.