(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Taichi A. Suzuki, Max Planck Institute for Biology and Ruth Ley, Max Planck Institute ...

The amount of microplastics found in human brains over the past eight years has increased by 50%, according to new research published in the journal Nature Medicine. On Monday, a group of scientists ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 2019, a toxicologist named Matthew Campen drove into the wilderness of ...

Prof LIM Chwee Teck (seated), together with Dr Nishanth Venugopal MENON (right) and Dr LEE Jee Yeon (left), from the National University of Singapore, jointly developed the new ‘gut-on-chip’ platform.

Microbes essential for human health have proven resilient against the extreme forces of space travel, offering hope for maintaining astronaut well-being on future long-duration missions. When you ...