Two new studies jointly published in Nature Communications reveal that certain species of fungi in the gut play a key role in ...

Dr Abhishek Deepak explains psychobiotics, which have the ability to treat brain fog and stress. Here is how they function and how to get them from natural food sources.

This directed flow of entropy essentially replaces the uncontrolled dissipation of information from the system—flushing out the disorder introduced by quantum errors and allowing the system to correct ...

Louse-borne relapsing fever is caused by the spirochete bacterium Borrelia recurrentis, which is transmitted by body lice (not head lice). The disease was first described by Hippocrates (460–370 B.C.) ...

Plasmodium falciparum employs a multifaceted arsenal of strategies to circumvent human immune defences at each stage of its life cycle. In the liver, sporozoites modulate Kupffer cell function and ...

Restricting calorie intake in species such as mice, rhesus monkeys, and fruit flies has been shown to extend their lifespans. In some cases, these animals not only live longer, but are also free of ...

Modern life depends on fast and reliable wireless connections. Video calls, streaming services, virtual reality, and smart devices all place growing demands on networks that already serve billions of ...

Biodiversity is changing across the planet, yet governments still lack the robust, consistent data needed to track these changes and guide effective conservation. Now, a new study led by the ...

Watching proteins move as they drive the chemical reactions that sustain life is one of the grand challenges of modern biology. In recent years, X-ray free-electron lasers, or XFELs, have begun to ...

Guyana is among ten Caribbean territories expected to have their microbiology laboratories upgraded. The initiative, Strengthening Antimicrobial Resistance Response in the Caribbean, focuses on ...

Robots that can sense and respond to the world like humans may soon be a reality as scientists have created an artificial neuron capable of mimicking different parts of the brain. Artificial ...