Inflammatory bowel disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may be linked, suggests research

Patients who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) for more than two decades have a higher risk…

Coming together, falling apart, and starting over, battery style

Scientists have built a new device that shows what happens when electrode, electrolyte, and active materials…

Male jumping spiders court whomever, whenever

Male jumping spiders will try to mate with any female, but that lack of discretion could…

First long-term stabile brain implant developed based on an anti-inflammatory coating

Complex neurotechnological devices are required to directly select and influence brain waves inside the skull’s interior.…

Nerve cells actively repress alternative cell fates, researchers find

A neural cell maintains its identity by actively suppressing the expression of genes associated with non-neuronal…

Monounsaturated fats help roundworms live longer, researchers say

Pudgy roundworms storing a particular type of fat live longer than their more svelte counterparts, according…

X-ray study reveals long-sought insights into potential drug target

Researchers hope to design a new generation of drugs against an array of deadly diseases. One…

Plants have been helping to offset climate change, but now it’s up to us

Plants are currently removing more carbon dioxide from the air than they did 200 years ago,…

Powers of attraction could decimate deadly starfish

Scientists studying the Great Barrier Reef have made a breakthrough discovery that could protect one of…

Into the DNA of a coral reef predator

Researchers have sequenced and decoded for the first time the genome of the crown-of-thorns starfish, paving…