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Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses--the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common cold--to reproduce inside human cells. The team ...

Researchers found a new way to kill harmful "zombie" cells that linger after chemotherapy and help cancers become more aggressive. These senescent cells survive by relying on a protective protein called GPX4, even while sitting on the edge of a ...

As blood stem cells age, their lysosomes become overactive and damaged, triggering inflammation and weakening the body's ability to regenerate healthy blood and immune cells. By calming this cellular "overdrive," researchers restored the stem cells' ...

A four-week diet change was enough to make some older adults appear biologically younger in a new University of Sydney study. Participants who reduced fat intake or shifted toward more plant-based protein showed improvements in key health biomarkers ...

Scientists at McGill University have uncovered a hidden molecular "switch" that turns on a powerful calorie-burning system in brown fat -- the body's heat-generating fat linked to metabolism and weight control. The breakthrough centers on glycerol, a ...

Researchers created a special kind of algae that can grab microscopic plastic pollution out of water almost like a magnet. The algae produce limonene, an orange-scented oil that helps them bind to water-repelling microplastics, forming easy-to-remove ...

A bizarre new giant dinosaur discovered in Argentina is giving paleontologists a fresh look at how Jurassic titans evolved in the Southern Hemisphere. Bicharracosaurus dionidei stretched about 20 meters long and carried a strange mix of features seen ...

Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early animal life. What were once thought to be trails left behind by tiny worm-like creatures are now believed to be fossilized ...

Scientists may have found a powerful new way to hunt for alien life -- not by searching for specific molecules, but by looking for hidden patterns in how those molecules are organized. Researchers discovered that living systems leave behind a kind of ...

Hubble has revealed a giant planet-forming disk unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Nicknamed "Dracula's Chivito," the enormous structure appears turbulent and oddly lopsided, with towering filaments visible on only one side. The disk ...