If it continues to work in further studies, a gene therapy in development could eliminate the need for daily pills or regular ...

New research suggests a first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B may let some patients stop treatment without showing signs of ...

What happens when cocaine makes its way into rivers and lakes? Scientists tested the answer on wild salmon in Sweden. Here’s ...

Social media skits mock the increasingly overbearing tipping requests for completing a normal life task. One survey found that 8 out of 10 Americans thought tipping culture was out of control. But for ...

California could soon become a testing ground for one of Google’s most ambitious public health projects yet. The tech giant is seeking federal approval to release up to 32 million specially ...

Across two large trials, roughly 20% of people treated with bepirovirsen had undetectable levels of the virus after stopping ...

A new AI accelerates laser simulations for X-ray experiments by a factor of 250 and is revolutionizing modern physics.

More than 72,000 young people from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and South Tyrol participated in the “Dok-1 Mobile ...

One of the most trusted forms of protection against the dreaded mosquito might have an unexpected weakness. Research out today shows that mosquitoes can actually learn to love the presence of DEET, a ...

Topological phases are unusual states of matter that give rise to properties protected by a material's overall structure (i.e., "topology"), as opposed to microscopic details. These phases are of ...

Several patients are being treated for a deadly and rare strain of hantavirus after they were sickened on a cruise ship.