Beneath the leaf litter of Madagascar’s forests, diamond frogs can remain hidden for most of their lives. An international research group has now described seven new species of these elusive ...

Researchers have identified a little-known network of sensory nerves near the bladder lining that becomes highly active during urinary tract infections. The nerves may detect bacteria and inflammation ...

A new experimental drug disrupted multiple mechanisms cancer cells use to survive treatment. The findings suggest a potential strategy for making resistant tumors vulnerable again. Credit: ...

A randomized clinical trial suggests that weight loss may depend less on portion size than on how much energy food contains per gram. Adults eating an unrestricted low-fat vegan diet consumed roughly ...

People who take tadalafil (Cialis) long-term may need regular eye health monitoring.

Spacecraft measurements may make highly organized particle motion in Earth’s radiation belts look random, potentially obscuring the physics driving these hazardous environments. Credit: Shutterstock ...

Agulhas Leakage (visualized by white dots circumventing Southern Africa) entering the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists thought they knew what helped keep the ...

Lanmaoa asiatica is a popular edible mushroom species sold in Yunnan that induces Lilliputian hallucinations when undercooked. Locals call it Jian shou quing, which translates to “turns blue in the ...

Previous research had established that early-life stress alters gene activity in the brain. The new work, conducted in mice, traces those changes to the way DNA is packaged inside brain cells. This ...

Brain cells best known for regulating sleep and appetite may also help determine how long we keep pushing toward a difficult goal. Credit: Shutterstock What makes the brain keep chasing a reward when ...

An illustration of the experimental concept shows how researchers study phases in quantum material. In the background, the uniform blue stripes are the dominant order, and the subtle red stripe ...

AI-rendered 3D representation of an activated dendritic cell with a coral-coloured nucleus, highlighting the use of the new reporter model. The nucleus of the cells of interest has been labeled ...