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A research team found that the streamlined cell can evolve just as fast as a normal cell, demonstrating the capacity for organisms to adapt, even with an unnatural genome that would seemingly provide little flexibility.

A team of scientists have found a way to create two of the world’s most common painkillers, paracetamol and ibuprofen, out of a compound found in pine trees, which is also a waste product from the paper industry.

Some bacteria live endosymbiotically in fungi - as long as they produce a certain protein.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is an aggressive cancer characterized by metastasis and treatment resistance. Now, researchers have identified tumor-initiating cells responsible for disease progression and resistance to treatment in PDAC.

In a world-first, 3D holographic images of an embryo have been developed. The images are created using miniscule amounts of light in a fraction of a second.

New research has found a simple, unstructured 5-minute break from a complex task is all you need to get your concentration back or restore attention.

Physicists have developed a specialty block of rubber that can count to ten and even remember the order in which it is pressed. Using 22 soft rubber beams, this simple mechanical metamaterial could have applications in toll counting, the researchers say.

Neuroscientists say the brain’s auditory lexicon, a catalog of verbal language, is actually located in the front of the primary auditory cortex, not in back of it -- a finding that upends a century-long understanding of this area of the brain.

Treatment times for radiotherapy could be reduced for some early breast cancer patients, according to a trial

Worldwide, glass manufacturing produces at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. A new type of glass promises to cut this carbon footprint in half.