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Extremophile bacteria found in Antarctic volcanoes have been shown to metabolize crude oil, which could help develop decontamination strategies for oil spills.

Gene activity immediately after fertilization is used to infer how an embryo forms. Scientists now ask if the switch that begins embryo formation may also initiate cancer.

Scientists just revealed how invading bacteria evolve in the mammalian gut over the long term. The study unravels important data that could be used to anticipate and prevent colonization by pathogenic bacteria or antibiotic resistance.

Scientists have developed a breakthrough process to transform polyethylene, the most widely produced plastic, into polypropylene.

Researchers have published one of the first studies to demonstrate the importance of reactive oxygen species in maintaining stem cell function and preventing inflammation during wound repair.

Finding could lead to new treatments for diseases marked by uncontrolled cellular stress including cancer, metabolic syndrome and neurodegenerative disorders.

The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a Swedish researcher who revealed the sequence of the Neanderthal genome through decades of painstaking DNA detective work. Winner Svante Pääbo, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, was also laureated for his discovery of a related ancient human, the Denisova.

"SuperAgers" – people over 80 with exceptionally good memories – have larger, healthier neurons in the area of the brain associated with memory.

Researchers have developed a method that may help predict whether people with lung cancer will respond to chemotherapy, based on which genes are switched on in their tumor.

A research team led by faculty at the Florida State University College of Medicine found the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to cause personality changes, especially in younger adults.