A new study in mice suggests that ketamine may do more than rapidly relieve depressive-like symptoms: it may also protect ovarian function and improve the...
Heavy-duty trucks are entering a decisive technological transition, but the question of which powertrain will dominate cannot be answered by looking only at vehicle prices...
A newly reported immune mechanism may help explain why muscles waste away after losing their nerve supply—and why the body’s own early inflammatory response could...
Obesity diagnosis may be on the verge of a major reset, as a new diagnostic study examines whether body mass index alone is too blunt...
The genetic architecture of wheat may be more flexible than previously thought. Researchers from China Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have...
A striking gap between Alzheimer’s treatment and everyday brain-health habits has emerged from a new study by researchers at the Mass General Brigham Neuroscience Institute....
Lung adenocarcinoma cells may become more invasive and more difficult to eliminate because of a single transcription factor that links two major cancer adaptations, according...
A molecular handshake between two immune proteins may explain why familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) erupts into painful inflammation—and could help doctors interpret hundreds of genetic...
AMES, Iowa—A tiny, antenna-like structure found on many animal cells may help explain how turtle embryos sense the warmth that determines whether they develop as...
A nationwide Japanese study has found that growth hormone therapy can improve adult height in children who develop growth impairment after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,...
Researchers have developed a computer model of the human cortex that connects molecular-scale chemistry with brain-wide patterns of activity, offering new evidence that differences in...
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have identified a small population of brain cells that may help determine whether opioids become linked to rewarding...
Women live longer than men in almost every country, yet they are more likely to spend later life with disability, dementia and other chronic conditions....
Quantum researchers have demonstrated a striking way to create and preserve entanglement by using the very process normally blamed for destroying it: dissipation. In a...
Breast cancer patients with apparently similar clinical profiles can experience dramatically different outcomes: some remain free of distant disease for years, while others develop metastases...
