Preliminary results of an observational study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of ...

A sugar found mainly in red meat was linked with a 63% higher risk of type 2 diabetes in the highest-consumption group in a ...

In a historic first, scientists have identified a sugar molecule in interstellar space, a discovery that could offer fresh clues about how the building blocks of life spread across the galaxy. The ...

Astronomers have made a sweet discovery in their search for life on other planets. A team at University College London has detected a sugar molecule that has long been associated with the origin of ...

Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease requires reliable and cost-effective screening methods. Researchers have now discovered that a type of sugar molecule in blood is associated with ...

Researchers have developed a potential new approach against the highly drug-resistant hospital fungus Candida auris. They discovered that a synthetic sugar molecule that is a natural part of the ...

Breast milk is not simply sustenance. It also is rich in micronutrients that are critical for healthy brain development in infants. "The effects of micronutrients on the brain are really ...

Researchers at the University of Ulm have described the first autonomous walking small-molecule machine: a simple phosphate group ( Nat. Chem. 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41557-026-02240-4). The walker ...

In plants, the space between cells is a key battleground during infection. To avoid recognition in this space, a strain of the bacterial tomato disease Pseudomonas syringae manipulates plants by ...

Blood levels of sugar molecules known as glycans could be used to predict Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. The corresponding study was published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. Currently, around 6.7 million ...

Myo-inositol, a sugar molecule found in breast milk, promotes the development of neural connections in infants’ brains. The corresponding study was published in PNAS. Previous studies show that breast ...