Tiny molecules that can think, remember, and learn may be the missing link between electronics and the brain. For more than ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

A theoretical study reveals how functionalized crown ethers selectively capture light gadolinium isotopes, offering a cleaner, more efficient path for nuclear and planetary science applications.

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

In a decades-long effort, researchers have discovered how to tweak the molecular pathways that turn heart muscle motors up or down ...

In a Columbia University laboratory in New York, physicist Sebastian Will and his team have reached one of ultracold physics’ ...

Markets have a habit of ignoring infrastructure until it becomes unavoidable. That pattern is repeating in sustainability, ...

Research shows hair follicle aging begins in your 30s, driven by inflammation-linked gene activity detectable years before ...

Nitrogen dioxide is one of the most harmful air pollutants in urban and industrial regions, contributing to respiratory ...

Why does cancer sometimes recur after chemotherapy? Why do some bacteria survive antibiotic treatment? In many cases, the answer appears to lie not in genetic differences, but in biological noise - ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.