Highly sensitive epigenomic technology combats disease

Much remains unknown about diseases and the way our bodies respond to them, in part because…

Transition to exhaustion: Clues for cancer immunotherapy

Research on immune cells ‘exhausted’ by chronic viral infection provides clues on how to refine cancer…

Lack of specialists doom rural sick patients

Residents of rural areas are more likely to be hospitalized and to die than those who…

How does protein fit in your holiday diet or New Year's resolutions?

While some diets load up on protein and other diets dictate protein sources, it can be…

NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Mission Catches a Natural Comet Outburst in Unprecedented Detail

Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers at the University of Maryland (UMD),…

For some corals, meals can come with a side of microplastics

A new experiment has found that some corals are more likely to eat microplastics when they…

Successful instrument guidance through deep and convoluted blood vessel networks

Researchers have developed a novel approach to tackling one of the biggest challenges of endovascular surgery:…

Dynamics of crucial immune system proteins

Of the many marvels of the human immune system, the processing of antigens by the class…

NASA Television to Air Space Station Cargo Ship Launch, Docking

NASA Television will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Russian cargo spacecraft…

How accumulating useful genes helps older yeast fare better in tougher times

Genome amplification, whereby organisms bump up the number of copies of beneficial genes in response to…