Stanford researchers have developed synthetic proteins that can rewire cancer cells in a lab dish by co-opting critical disease-associated pathways

A team of pain researchers studied the most venomous creature on earth to learn how venom works and what causes pain

The white-throated rail is a chicken-sized bird, indigenous to Madagascar in the south-western Indian Ocean

The foam is mostly made from nanocrystals of cellulose, the most abundant plant material on earth

A new way of detecting homemade explosives will help forensic scientists trace where they came from

The research suggests that Australopithecus afarensis, of the famous “Lucy” skeleton, is still the most likely ancestor to the genus Homo

A new study finds the first evidence of radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb tests in muscle tissues of crustaceans that inhabit Earth’s ocean trenches

Years-long tracking of individuals’ biology helped define what it meant for them to be healthy and showed how changes from the norm could signal disease

The dryness sensation, also known as astringency, refers to a puckering or rough feeling in the mouth upon drinking wine

A simple innovation the size of a grain of sand means we can now analyze cells and tiny particles as if they were inside the human body