Birch tar was among the most useful materials available to prehistoric humans and was primarily used as a glue to bind stone blades onto wooden handles or arrowheads onto shafts. However, we now have ...

Aoife Commins shares her story of being diagnosed with HIV after her health slowly started deteriorating to the point it was ...

Tar made from birch tree bark is commonly found at Neanderthal sites, and experiments show that it kills some bacteria that cause skin infections ...

A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after surgeons saved her foot in a pioneering operation.

Just a single course of treatment can leave a lasting impression, according to a study of nearly 15,000 people in Sweden ...

A bandage-like microneedle patch can noninvasively collect immune cells and signals from the skin within minutes to hours. Early tests suggest it could transform how immune responses are monitored.

Sleeping sickness has been killing people across Africa for generations. A disease with no vaccine, spread by the bite of a ...