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A new method that increases the signal from CRISPR-based diagnostic tests, removing the need for amplification of DNA or RNA in a sample, could be used to quickly diagnose heart attacks and differentiate between cancer types.

Scientists have developed a technique to cultivate a fungi-based food product that could be healthier, better tasting and greener than plant-based protein.

A prospective study of half a million tea drinkers in the United Kingdom has shown that higher tea intake was associated with a modestly lowered risk of death.

A takeaway food carton has been designed to address the shortcomings of plastic containers, hopefully preventing waste.

How did we evolve mucus? Researchers propose that some mucin genes in mammals evolved from unrelated non-mucin genes again and again, in an intriguing process they call "mucinization".

Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, is filing patent infringement lawsuits against Pfizer and BioNTech in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany.

A gooey slice of pizza. A pile of crispy French fries. Ice cream dripping down a cone on a hot summer day. When you look at any of these foods, a specialized part of your visual cortex lights up, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists.

Scientists have discovered a mechanism by which a cancer-causing virus can escape the body’s immune response.

Our physical reaction to the food we eat, be it contentment or nausea, is coordinated within the most primitive parts of our brains, the brain stem or hindbrain. A new paper reviews the various brain pathways that meet in the brain stem to control feeding behavior, using a technique that offers an unbiased look at the neurons involved.

When our eyes move during REM sleep, we’re gazing at things in the dream world our brains have created, according to a new study. The findings shed light not only into how we dream, but also into how our imaginations work.