In the absolute omnishambles of the Milky Way galactic center, we've just found a new kind of turbulent structure. Peering ...

Professors Leda Cosmides, Adina Roskies and Rachel Segalman are elected fellows of the American Association for the ...

To encourage scientists to speak up when people misuse science to serve political agendas, biology professor Mark Peifer of ...

Purdue University scientists have discovered a key mechanism that regulates how plants develop chloroplasts, essential ...

Engineered frog-derived peptides may become powerful new antibiotics, showing strong results against resistant bacteria in early testing. Frogs have thrived for hundreds of millions of years, adapting ...

The study observed how regular sugar consumption can alter the intestines to crave sugar more than other nutrients.

A small molecule shaped like a lasso may be a powerful tool in the fight against infectious diseases, according to a new study in Nature co-authored by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

Lariocidin, a peptide made by bacteria living in soil, was effective against several different microbes responsible for deadly infections. UIC researchers working with collaborators at McMaster ...

Transparent wood, made by modifying wood’s natural structure, has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly plastic alternative ...

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a ...