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Research shows that the dye methylene blue is a safe antimalarial that kills malaria parasites at an unprecedented rate. Within two days, patients are cured of the disease and no longer transmit the parasite if they are bitten again by a mosquito.

Naked mole rats experience cellular senescence, yet they continue to live long, healthy lives; eliminating the senescence mechanism is not the key to their long life span.

Ants, like humans, deal with disease. To deal with the bacteria that cause some of these diseases, some ants produce their own antibiotics. These findings suggest that ants could be a future source of new antibiotics to help fight human diseases.

Study offers new insights into how brain and rest of body communicate.

Neuroscientists suggest spending too much time in dimly lit rooms and offices may actually change the brain's structure and hurt one's ability to remember and learn.

Scientists have developed a method for analyzing bacteria that – for the first time ever – lets doctors quickly see exactly which proteins are associated with antibiotic resistance.

Researchers have used a new approach to discover previously unknown interactions between proteins and small metabolic molecules in bacterial cells. The technique can also be used to test the effect of medications

Utilizing secondary ion mass spectrometry and X-ray microscopy, researchers have discovered a new quantitative relation that allows for quick identification of promising material combinations for organic solar cells.

Scientists have transformed skin cells from patients with Huntington’s disease into the type of brain cell affected by the disorder. The resulting mass of neurons serves as a new tool to study the degenerative and eventually fatal neurological condition.

Using quantitative mass spectrometry, a team has discovered a new mechanism that enables mitochondria with impaired redox balance to regulate the synthesis of new proteins in the cytoplasm. The mitochondria use reactive oxygen species as signal to slow down the cellular protein synthesis machinery.