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The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer...
Selenoproteins are crucial for several biological functions, including the breakdown of harmful substances, immune system support, and regulating metabolic processes....
Mercury is extraordinarily toxic, but it becomes especially dangerous when transformed into methylmercury—a form so harmful that just a few...
With the Taurid meteor shower now hitting the night skies worldwide, look for what could be a celestial treat –...
Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world suffer from urinary tract infections every year. Some groups are...
The way people talk determines, among other things, whether we listen to what the other person has to say and,...
Roughly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled just enough to allow photons to escape from the primordial...
Water, a molecule essential for life, has unusual properties—known as anomalies—that define its behavior. However, there are still many enigmas...
An international research team has uncovered a new mechanism crucial to the production of cellular proteins. When this mechanism is...
Industrial plants, such as those that make cement or steel, emit copious amounts of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas,...
