Dopamine sits at the center of some of medicine’s most consequential chemistry. The monoamine neurotransmitter, first identified in 1958, governs...

Underwater communications have long lived with an uncomfortable truth: the ocean is a hostile place for signals. Acoustic modems travel...

Dog walkers scrolling through their phones, deep in conversation or simply absorbed in the rhythms of an afternoon stroll may...

The human brain has long been considered the body’s ultimate sanctuary, a fortress protected by barriers and immune privileges that...

Quantum entanglement, the eerie link that binds the fates of particles regardless of distance, has long been the province of...

In an era when artificial intelligence systems are increasingly entrusted with decisions that carry life-and-death consequences, one of the most...

In the dense tropical forests of Thailand, a remarkable case of botanical deception has come to light—one that rewrites what...

When surgeons remove a portion of a cancerous lung, one of the most frustrating complications they can face is air....

In a development that could reshape how scientists study the mechanics of human movement, a team of biomedical engineers and...

Optical frequency combs have transformed the way scientists measure light and time, earning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2005...

The Denisovans, the enigmatic archaic human relatives first identified from a finger bone and a handful of teeth in a...

Wildfire scientists have unveiled a new rapid risk-assessment tool that shows substantial wildfire danger to homes and buildings in three...

Respiratory syncytial virus, known widely as RSV, has long been thought of as a disease of infancy, yet its burden...

Parents are often the first to notice when a child’s words come late or sentences fail to form, and clinicians...

Alcohol-related liver disease remains one of the most burdensome consequences of chronic alcohol consumption worldwide, progressing silently from fatty liver...

For athletes hunting for a legal edge in the final minutes before competition, caffeine has long been the go-to molecule....

Groundwater may be the last great blind spot in microplastic research, and a team of hydrogeologists in the United States...

In a finding that is reshaping how veterinarians and molecular epidemiologists understand the hidden diversity of one of the world’s...

Scientists are taking a closer look at one of the most unusual forms of cell death ever described, a process...

Idiopathic short stature, the diagnosis given to children who fall far below normal height curves without any identifiable cause, has...