While iron and calcium are the metals that get the most attention, zinc is also important for human health and function.

Special materials let ants, spiders, and scorpions send a sharp pain to prey that they wouldn't be able to deliver on their own.

Special materials let ants, spiders, and scorpions send a sharp pain to prey that they wouldn't be able to deliver on their own.

Researchers have used a genetic engineering strategy to dramatically reduce levels of tau — a key protein that accumulates and becomes tangled in the brain during the development of Alzheimer’s disease — in an animal model of the condition.

Anti-nutrients naturally occur in food and can block the amount of other nutrients available for your body to use. But their effects aren't all bad, which is why they're undergoing an image makeover.

Researchers may have come up with a solution to one of the most pressing challenges of a Mars voyage: How do we get back?

Biofortification of wheat shows promise for addressing "hidden hunger," a lack of essential vitamins and minerals in the human diet.

Donor breastmilk doesn't have enough zinc, tests show. Although donor milk gets fortified for babies in the NICU, parents are buying it for use at home.

New research on gonorrhea "suggests a way to halt the growth of this sexually transmitted infection in the host's body."