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Climate change has serious consequences for the environment and people and is a major threat to economic stability. A new assessment reviews innovative, integrated research that underpins the economic case for strong near-term climate action.

Climate change has serious consequences for the environment and people and is a major threat to economic stability. A new assessment reviews innovative, integrated research that underpins the economic case for strong near-term climate action.

Intestinal bacteria are often the trigger of complications after surgery. A solution to this problem could come from the liver.

Intestinal bacteria are often the trigger of complications after surgery. A solution to this problem could come from the liver.

A team of researchers has uncovered new laws governing the flow of fluids through experiments on a technology thousands of years old: a drinking straw. This knowledge could be useful for improving fluid handling in medical and engineering applications.

A team of researchers has uncovered new laws governing the flow of fluids through experiments on a technology thousands of years old: a drinking straw. This knowledge could be useful for improving fluid handling in medical and engineering applications.

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the body does not produce enough insulin, or does not use it efficiently. It is caused by the combination of a genetic predisposition to obesity, sedentarism and an unhealthy diet, and it affects millions o…

Researchers have used pluripotent stem cells to make thymus organoids that support the development of patient-specific T-cells. The proof-of-concept work provides the basis for studying human thymus function, T-cell development, and transplant immunity.

Researchers have discovered how a South African daisy makes fake lady flies on its petals to trick male flies into pollinating it.

Research has revealed that diversity in genes coding for immunity may have facilitated adaptation to farming lifestyles in prehistoric periods.

Research has revealed a type of RNA, previously considered to be ‘junk,’ that may help doctors distinguish and treat a subgroup of patients with medulloblastoma.

Physicists have developed a dynamical model of animal behavior that may explain some mysteries surrounding associative learning going back to Pavlov’s dogs.

Scientists have discovered a mechanism that linked a leukemic mutation to varying potentials for disease development — a discovery which could eventually lead to a way to identify patients with the mutation who are most at risk. The mutation is in a g…

Scientists have discovered a mechanism that linked a leukemic mutation to varying potentials for disease development — a discovery which could eventually lead to a way to identify patients with the mutation who are most at risk. The mutation is in a g…

New research advances scientific understanding of how the brain weighs decisions involving what people like or value, such as choosing which book to read, which restaurant to pick for lunch — or even, which slot machine to play in a casino.