From influencing weight gain to supporting immune function, gut microbes do far more than digest food. They may even explain ...

Pneumoconiosis remains a prevalent occupational disease with limited treatment options. A new review study elucidates the ...

Last year, Ardem Patapoutian got a tattoo. An artist drew a tangled ribbon on his right arm, the diagram of a protein called Piezo. Patapoutian, ...

A new study published in the journal Science reveals that researchers who both publish papers and file patents—dubbed “Pasteur’s quadrant researchers”—produce work that is more novel and more ...

For decades, complex industries have relied on stock footage and talking heads to explain their work. But as the barrier ...

A 3D micro-Light Emitting Diode (LED) device has been developed that wraps around the pancreas like octopus tentacles, ...

Ready or not, the holiday shopping season is underway. Choosing the best Christmas gifts for the ones you love is either an ...

A single signaling pathway controls whether immune cells attack or befriend cells they encounter while patrolling our bodies, ...

Researchers discovered that nerve injuries can alter the immune system throughout the body, and males and females react very ...

Foods that support immune health, like citrus fruits, fatty fish, and leafy greens, contain immune-boosting nutrients like zinc and vitamins C, D, and E.

MIT researchers have discovered how an immune system molecule triggers neurons in a specific brain circuit to shut down social behavior in mice modeling infection. "I just can't make it tonight. You ...