While the brain sleeps, three regions appear to synchronize their activity to strengthen newly formed memories. Researchers ...

X-ray analysis of a Brazilian diamond revealed an unexpected mineral assemblage formed under extreme conditions. The ...

Scientists have closely examined the plasma’s intense rotation and electromagnetic fields, but the acceleration driving its rapid expansion has received far less attention. In hydrodynamics, however, ...

NIH-supported findings reveal a previously unknown aspect of human brain aging that may contribute to cognitive decline and ...

Some of history’s most powerful eruptions may have plunged Earth into centuries of sustained cooling. A volcanic eruption can ...

The promise of a healthier life by the sea may depend less on the coastline than on who can afford to leave.

Fructose may act as a hidden message that helps ovarian cancer cells loosen, escape, and spread. The discovery could open new ...

Pathogens that cause columnaris disease, previously found only in Asia and the United States, were identified in samples from São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Paraná. A nearly transparent bacterial colony ...

Aging may accelerate when long-lived immune cells lose their ability to clear damaged cells, allowing inflammatory debris to build up across the body. In mice, blocking one receptor restored this ...

A daily multivitamin may offer older adults a simple way to support everyday function and independence.

A space rock that tore through a New Jersey roof has turned out to be far more than an astronomical curiosity. Sealed inside ...

“Plants are the best chemists around, upgrading their arsenal of natural compounds over millions of years to help them ...