This experiment takes modern dental hygiene apart and rebuilds it from scratch, from a pig-hair toothbrush to several ...

We use so many common products every day, but do we really know what might be in them? Is it possible that we could be ...

Working on human pus in a medieval castle, Miescher discovered a substance that would eventually unlock our understanding of ...

Traditional mouth care products like alcohol mouthwashes kill harmful bacteria, but also wipe out beneficial microbes that keep your teeth and gums healthy. While that ecosystem rebuilds itself from ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified seven new organic compounds on the planet Mars, according to new research published in ...

Scientists have recreated a fragment of cosmic chemistry in the lab, generating dust that closely resembles material found ...