Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a promising new substance for targeting bacteria that cause tuberculosis. The team have produced a compound that inhibits ...

A seemingly easy math puzzle making the rounds on the internet has left people scratching their heads as it requires some clever thinking. The brainteaser, that was shared on X this week by user ...

An antibiotic primarily used in veterinary medicine was found to turn the gut into a factory that pumps out life-extending compounds. The finding could change the way we think about the development of ...

Google on Wednesday (12 November) featured a special Doodle celebrating the quadratic equation, one of mathematics' most fundamental formulas that has shaped everything from engineering to economics.

A new weapon to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria has come from soil. Soil bacteria are the key players. They had long been making antimicrobial substances 100 times more potent than existing ...

Early results from a new dental study point to a plant-based compound that may offer a safer, more accessible approach to treating gum disease. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: The importance of math literacy cannot be overstated (“Math crisis began a decade ago and has only ...

A new study in the journal Microbiology Spectrum highlights the potential of using a natural compound from maple to combat the bacteria responsible for tooth decay: Streptococcus mutans. The compound, ...

Promoting pyroptosis—an inflammatory form of programmed cell death—has become a promising treatment strategy for cancer. In research published in The FASEB Journal, investigators purified a long-chain ...

At an all-boys academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artificial intelligence and college tutors are teaming up to transform how students learn math. By personalizing learning, the school is providing ...

New research details an intriguing new way to solve "unsolvable" algebra problems that go beyond the fourth degree – something that has generally been deemed impossible using traditional methods for ...