When the skin is injured, a stem cell’s survival instincts kick in. New research reveals that a simple amino acid, serine, helps push stem cells to abandon hair growth in favor of wound healing ...

Cutting a single amino acid from the diet caused rapid, drastic weight loss in mice by converting white fat into calorie-burning brown fat. The study reveals a powerful new mechanism for weight ...

Don't use hypochlorous acid on materials like unsealed leather or silk. While it’s a very gentle cleaner, repeated use can cause these surfaces to fade or wear over time.

Hazardous chemicals flagged on the Tube network include asbestos, ice melt and a release of acid near a station, new information shows.

Aircraft from Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have engineered a strain of Escherichia coli that relies on small molecules from waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles to survive. The ...