After holding its breath for several rough years, Greater Boston’s life sciences sector is cautiously coming up for air.

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Rutgers University marine scientists are using New Jersey-developed tools to measure how iron shortages in Southern Ocean ...

Scientists have created a new way to watch plants breathe—live and in high definition—while tracking exactly how much carbon ...

Mint makes water feel icy because menthol activates cold receptors in the mouth, tricking the brain into sensing lower temperatures, scientists explain.

Cambridge Consultants was among the first tenants to rent space at the Cambridge Science Park in 1979. The company's ...

Xampla makes plastic alternatives from plants. It creates a solution from proteins found in peas, which is spread onto paper ...

A research team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has developed an innovative, portable, smartphone-based system for assessing sleep apnoea in individuals with different ...

Explore the science behind immersive addiction therapy programs, how evidence-based approaches improve treatment outcomes, ...

Your nose doesn’t just smell the morning coffee or rain‑soaked pavements, it could also act as a secret health scanner. From Parkinson’s disease to certain cancers, researchers are discovering that yo ...

Commercial airliners spend most of their working lives in parts of the atmosphere that the human body cannot tolerate for ...

The Greenland shark can live up to 500 years. The kind of longevity that probably has something to do with its home: cold, ...