New research reveals that sorbitol, a common sugar alcohol used in “low-calorie” foods, can behave much like fructose once inside the body, potentially contributing to liver strain and met More...

Scientists using the XRISM X-ray satellite have uncovered unexpectedly high amounts of chlorine and potassium in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant, solving a long-standing mystery about the origins o More...

Researchers have found that neurons can burn and even make their own fat to power the brain. A faulty protein stops this process in people with a rare brain disease, leaving neurons weak and damaged. More...

How confusing inevitability with reality built decades of paradox. What if general relativity never actually tells us that black holes already exist, but only that their formation is inevitable in an More...

A TOR-targeting cancer drug unexpectedly extends yeast lifespan through a newly discovered metabolic feedback loop. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological an More...