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Documents reviewing the research on peptides note lack of good evidence of efficacy or safety. Yet an FDA panel will consider ...

Data from NASA’s Perseverance rover confirms the presence of macromolecular carbon on Mars – another potential piece of the ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have developed a technique for interrogating molecules ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

A lab study suggests cyclodextrins may help support myelin sheath repair in MS by reducing harmful fat buildup in immune cells.

Controlling and trapping molecules, units of a substance consisting of two or more chemically bound atoms, with laser light ...

Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA approves fluorocarbon pesticides The Trump administration has ...

Scientists built SpudCell, a synthetic cell that grows, divides, and passes DNA to offspring from non-living parts.

The Trump administration has approved three new pesticides that may be considered “forever chemicals” under an international ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

A widely used antidepressant, sertraline, is now being detected in the brains of hammerhead sharks off the coast of Rio de ...