Scientists engineered CMLase, an enzyme that removes CML, a form of age-related protein damage linked to tissue stiffness and ...

Your knees are some of the most hardworking joints in your body. They don’t just support your weight, they also absorb the impact of every step you take, which according to studies, is about 2.5 to ...

Joan Birman popularized the Burau representation problem decades ago. Now she and two colleagues have a proof that reveals ...

Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his ...

Decades before they would be lionized by the rise of glycobiology and demonized by the Atkins diet, carbohydrates were quietly doing wonders for biological research. In 1955, Oliver Smithies published ...

National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...

In this second adventure, Neo and the rebel leaders estimate that they have 72 hours until Zion falls under siege to the Machine Army. Only a matter of hours separates the last human enclave on Earth ...

Classic signs of liver disease include jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, and a swollen abdomen. However, doctors also associate certain joint and muscle issues with liver disease. A common cause of ...

We developed an optogenetic tool based on tetanus neurotoxin — a protease that cleaves the synaptic vesicle fusion protein VAMP2 to inhibit neurotransmitter release. We show that this light-controlled ...