A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

How life began on Earth is one of the biggest remaining questions in science. Now, NASA has taken a major step towards answering this query. The US space agency has discovered essential sugars on ...

Compared with common sugars such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose, tagatose exists only in tiny amounts in nature. It ...

Scientists at Tufts have found a way to turn common glucose into a rare sugar that tastes almost exactly like table sugar—but ...

Scientists can peer into cells to get a limited view of their activity using microscopes and other tools. However, cells and ...

Among modern cancer therapies, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are among the most successful treatment methods. These ...

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a genetic eye disorder affecting around one in 5,000 people worldwide. It typically begins with ...

Sorbitol, a popular sugar-free sweetener, may not be as harmless as its label suggests. Researchers found it can be turned into fructose in the liver, triggering effects similar to regular sugar. Gut ...

From saccharin in the 19th century to stevia and monk fruit in the 21st, researchers and the food industry have long sought a ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- A mother has been charged after a 2-year-old was found with a gun at a Sugar Land daycare on Tuesday, according to police. The Sugar Land Police Department said the ...

Individual mammalian cells contain billions of protein molecules, which must be synthesized, deployed, and removed with ...