Several major childhood allergies –eczema, asthma, food allergy and/or hay fever– may all stem from the community of bacteria living in our gut.

A new study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet has examined how T cells of the immune system are affected by weightlessness.

What happens in femtoseconds in nature can now be observed in milliseconds in the lab.

After a summer of weather extremes, where does the world stand in its goal to stem rising temps?

The proposed freshwater generation systems are inexpensive, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly.

32 individuals from a burial site in the southern Ural region show close kinship relations; only the women came from other areas.

Approach is a step toward using single photons in quantum communication and information processing.

Scientists have developed a device that works with a smartphone or tablet to capture medical images which can identify infected wounds.

Insects rarely survive in fossilized form, but a strange series of events somehow preserved hundreds bees inside their cocoons for millenniums.

Researchers have taken a closer look at the impact of using social media such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok on young people’s mental health.

Replacing single use plastic cups with paper ones is problematic. Researchers show that a paper cup that ends up in nature can also cause damage as they also contain toxic chemicals.

Researchers have discovered how common age-related changes in the blood system can make certain colon cancers grow faster.

Researchers have finally solved the long-standing puzzle of why graphene is so much more permeable to protons than expected by theory.

Growth spurts during puberty are not unique in evolutionary terms.

Researchers have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, resulting in improved health and an extension of the mouse’s lifespan.

Fossils of two new abelisaurs have been discovered in Morocco, showing the diversity of dinosaurs in this region at the end of the Cretaceous period.

An international research team of over 100 scientists has determined the full genetic sequence of the Y chromosome.

Researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100 percent sustainable.

Scientists conduct the first successful extraction of ancient DNA from a 2,900 year-old clay brick. The analysis provides a fascinating insight into the diversity of plant species cultivated at that time and place.

Study Adds to Evidence That Parkinson’s Starts in the Gut.