A catalyst produced from discarded fish bones could provide a low-cost route for recycling agricultural plastic waste. In laboratory tests, the material converted mulch film into a high yield of olefin-rich bio-oil through microwave-assisted pyrolysis.

Patients can now be treated for sight loss as well as for loss of motor-function with the help of advanced brain interfacing technology. Brain-computer interfaces are now being used for restoring more than one lost sense in the body.

A promising new weight loss and diabetes treatment helps burn fat while keeping muscle. Unlike GLP-1s, which work by suppressing appetite and lowering energy intake, a molecular compound identified by UC Berkeley scientists helps cells burn extra energy with no change in food intake or exercise, and shows promise in mouse models.

International media coverage of natural disasters is shaped by more than the scale of a catastrophe. A study by the University of Bonn, the University of Warwick and Imperial College London finds that dramatic images, high death tolls and personal connections between countries strongly influence which disasters attract attention, while droughts and floods often struggle to make international headlines.

Researchers have revealed that a naturally occurring gut molecule has the potential to strengthen chickens’ immune response against a wide range of bacterial infections.

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps cancer cells evade detection by the body’s immune system. The findings could potentially lead to the development of more effective cancer immunotherapies.

Measuring waist size may be one of the simplest and most effective ways to detect obesity-related health risks, according to a study by Rutgers Health researchers.

More than 2,000 pairs of cotton underwear buried across Switzerland have helped researchers map biological activity in soils. The citizen science study involving 1,000 volunteers found that land use was the strongest predictor of decomposition, with garden soils showing the highest activity and lawns the lowest.

Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. A new study led by Arizona State University helps us understand why.

A new mouse study has revealed that loneliness rewires the brain and pushes for alcohol consumption. The scientists identified, for the first time, a brain mechanism through which isolation escalates alcohol use in male mice but suppresses it in females.