New study explores the role of biofilms in health during long-duration spaceflight, and how spaceflight research can reshape our understanding of these microbial communities on Earth.

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Essential care for women in their 60s includes physical health, emotional balance, and prevention. This guide summarizes key ...

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Proteins need to fold into specific shapes to perform their functions in cells, but they occasionally misfold, which can prevent them from properly functioning and even lead to disease. A new study by ...

Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, which sits within the Milky Way X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO; Optical: NASA / ESA / STScI; IR: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Milisavljevic et al., NASA / JPL / CalTech; Image ...

All the essential ingredients to kick-start life as we know it have now been found in samples from the asteroid Bennu. This shows that asteroids could have delivered all the prerequisites for life to ...

Essential thrombocythemia is a chronic condition with excessive platelet production, increasing thrombosis risk, and is often linked to JAK2, CALR, or MPL mutations. Stage 1 ET is manageable with ...

Life’s fundamental structure is the cell, and so the main things that a cell does — processing biomolecules, growing, replicating its genetic material and producing a new body — are considered ...

Yale scientists have uncovered how coenzyme A, a vital molecule derived from vitamin B5, enters mitochondria to power life-sustaining metabolism. Credit: Stock Yale researchers revealed how vitamin B5 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A protein called ZNG1 helps cells make use of zinc when stores of this essential nutrient are running low. bagi1998/E+ via Getty ...