A quiet layer of biology is beginning to change how health is understood, and it sits on the surface of nearly every cell in ...

Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven, with international partners, have uncovered how fatty liver disease can fuel the most aggressive form of metastatic colorectal cancer. The findings, which appear in ...

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

With bright feathers that look painted on, colorful birds are typically pretty and charismatic poster species for ...

RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used. Crowned with the ...

THE Philippine eagle, the country’s national bird, is one of the largest and most powerful eagles in the world. Susceptible to habitat destruction and fragmentation, it is currently listed as ...

Life in the wild often comes down to survival, and for many species, survival depends on others. A new global study suggests ...

The giant trees of tropical forests are important allies in the fight against climate change because of their ability to ...

The autoimmunity associated with type 1 diabetes often begins in the first years of life, and the diagnosis of type 2 ...

From coping with messy flatmates to balancing your budget, students share the tips they wish they’d known before starting university ...

A psychiatrist says one common blood test may reveal whether inflammation is playing a role in depression—and what you can do about it.

A growing body of research now links the composition of gut bacteria in postmenopausal women to measurable differences in ...