The prolific chemist, who has published a study every 37 hours this year, has been sanctioned by the University of Córdoba over his research work for other institutions in Russia and Saudi Arabia
An international consortium created personalized maps of the epigenome, the “librarian” that chooses what is read in the cells’ instruction manual
The researcher, the first Latin American to win the Abel Prize, uncovered the interactions between solids and liquids, opening new doors to medicine, the automotive industry and even knowledge of the universe
The illness has increased 3% annually in people under 50 in some wealthy countries. Causes are unknown
Preliminary results for the pharmaceutical revumenib suggest that it may have saved lives of terminal patients, including the young architect Algimante Daugelaite
Glaciologist Veronica Tollenaar published a ‘treasure map’ revealing the possible location of more than 300,000 space rocks
The results suggest that some diseases that are considered noncommunicable, such as cancer, could have a component that makes them transmissible by microorganisms in the digestive system
This form of the disease leads to severe skin ulcers that can spread to the lungs, eyes and intestines
A study of the fatal outbreak in Peru indicates that the highly pathogenic avian influenza may have mutated in a way unseen so far in nature
Agricultural engineer Blanca Landa heads an international project to stop the spread of ‘Xylella fastidiosa’, a microbe that is threatening the Mediterranean agricultural sector
Research on a case that occurred three months ago suggests that the virus jumped from wild birds and mutated at the facility, where all the animals were culled
The Stanford researcher has devised a new way of looking at and modifying cells by focusing on sugars. In her rebellious youth, she played in a rock band with the guitarist of Rage Against the Machine
The sophisticated experimental treatment, which has proven to be effective in mice, opens the door to therapies that would be applied once and last a lifetime
The remains of hundreds of people buried in Scandinavia over the last two millennia reveal that there was greater genetic variety during the age of the Norse warriors than today
Little Ayla’s parents decided to risk another natural pregnancy despite knowing that both had potentially fatal genetic mutations
The scientists believe that the identification of cells responsible for colon cancer relapse has the potential to change the treatment of the disease
A US study has revealed the percentage of the population with Alzheimer’s and similar diseases is declining in wealthy countries despite the absence of any effective treatment
Satellite data shows that blazes swept through nearly 12 million acres in the Siberian Arctic between 2019 and 2020, resulting in unprecedented carbon dioxide emissions
Some strains of the ‘Morganella morganii’ microbe produce molecules that are toxic for human DNA
A new book delves into the story of Yvonne Barr, an Irish-born scientist who co-discovered the Epstein-Barr Virus, which increases the risk of developing several types of cancer
The breakthrough could revolutionize our grasp of psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, but it also raises delicate moral questions
In the land of olive trees and vineyards, one in every 700 square kilometers is now covered with this species, and one man started it all: agricultural engineer José Francisco Couceiro
The therapy, called CAR-T, has already proven effective at completely curing people with blood cancer, but it is costly
The ‘lifespan machine’ scans tens of thousands of identical animals every hour in an attempt to understand why some live much longer than others
Technical issues are pushing back to early September the launch of the crewless spacecraft, which is meant to prepare future projects to take astronauts to the lunar surface
The bone was discovered in 2001 in Chad. Since then, it has been the subject of a fierce war between scientist colleagues
The Ukrainian researcher has won the Fields medal, the pinnacle of mathematics, after demonstrating the best way to stack spheres beyond three-dimensional space