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Some bacteria can release toxins that provoke their neighbours into attacking each other, a tactic that could be exploited to fight infections.

Use of microfluidics in artificial placentas to help deliver oxygen to premature babies

Scientists describe a new strategy to produce smartphone-integrated fingerprint sensor arrays that simultaneously detect tactile pressure and finger skin temperature anywhere on a screen.

Researchers have discovered a novel property of a new anti-tuberculosis drug which may help develop more drugs to treat the top infectious disease killer in the world.

Researchers have gained new information on brain activity during general anesthesia by recording changes in the electrical activity of the brain.

Neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds

There may be some truth to the saying “getting up on the wrong side of the bed.”

A new study has shown for the first time that a substantial number of adults over 50 are at risk of deficiency in vitamin B12 and folate.

Researchers have discovered a new metabolic vulnerability in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that can be targeted by existing drug therapies.

Only some of us have satellite TV in our homes, but all of us have satellite DNA in cells in our bodies. Working copies of satellite DNA (called satellite RNAs) are high in certain types of cancer, such as breast and ovarian. But whether they cause cancer or merely coincide with it has been unclear.