mRNA vaccines are now in the limelight as a key tool for tackling COVID-19, but the technology was originally developed for other diseases, such as cancer, that researchers are now hoping to treat...
Health experts around the world are focused on SARS-CoV-2, but similar viruses and microbial organisms such as bacteria could create the next global killer
Despite a huge amount of funding and research, regional and individual differences in cancer trends make it a hard disease to wipe out
A century ago taxicabs had batteries, not gas guzzlers, under their hoods
A rise in maternity ward deaths led one physician to discover the importance of hand washing
It took thousands of years to go from mush to spaghetti
Scientists have traced malaria to its first human victims a mere 10,000 years ago
The invention of barbed wire was a huge commercial success--and the subject of furious legal battles
The first computer virus spawned an arms race in software
The ancient Chinese invented fireworks to scare off 10-foot-tall mountain men
Sometimes we forget where a story really starts. Are electric cars new? Where did malaria start? Who invented spaghetti? Read on, for the surprising origins of many strange and familiar things...
Computerized pathology slides may help doctors make faster and more accurate diagnoses
An alumni reunion leads to technology that could banish undersize keypads
A tennis game leads to a method for sequencing polysaccharides
