In 2019, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did something unusual in modern medicine—they found a new antibiotic, halicin. In May this year another team found a second ...

Maze Therapeutics, a kidney disease therapy developer, recently IPO-ed with a market cap of $487mn and significant early-stage investor backing. Lead asset MZE829 targets APOL1 Kidney Disease, showing ...

Belite Bio's lead drug, Tinlarebant, targets eye diseases STGD1 and GA, showing promising results but with delayed phase 3 trial data expected by late 2024 or early 2025. Tinlarebant works by reducing ...

Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it ...

Natural history. Physics. Astronomy. Medicine. Math. Engineering. Climate science. Over its 50-year history, NOVA has presented discoveries and mind-blowing science phenomena in each of these ...

Look almost anywhere in your home and you’ll likely find something made of silicone. Unfortunately, manufacturing silicone-based materials comes with a high environmental cost that is largely due to ...

In no particular order, Bob McDonald reviews 10 of the most fascinating accomplishments and noteworthy science news events of ...