It's helpful to know how well the senses of underwater predators are working – both to better understand the ecology and biology of marine life, and to get out of their way should you come into ...

For now, scientists have a newly identified structure to investigate. Following proteins through these tiny channels could help answer a much larger question: when potentially har ...

Superconducting materials can carry electricity with zero heat loss, which is potentially revolutionary for power grids, computer systems, and more – and which makes them of great interest to ...

The drugs used to induce general anesthesia differed depending on the species, but even still, consistent patterns turned up in their brain activity.

"By introducing microorganisms into the gut of germ-free mice, we have conclusively demonstrated that gut colonization of microbiota is a prerequisite for feces to float," the aut ...

We can often understand more about the future by looking into the past – and in the case of a new study published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, almost 240,000 years into the history of the ...

The researchers recruited 17 experienced recreational freedivers, all men between the ages of 27 and 55, who underwent seven months of standardized freediving training. A Japanese ...

Decaffeinated coffee might not come with the same buzz, but it may offer an advantage to the brain that the caffeinated version does not.

Scientists have discovered a distinct change in the brains of people with long COVID that might explain some of the illness's most debilitating symptoms.

Fasting is a common requirement for many routine laboratory blood tests, with patients often instructed to avoid eating or drinking anything except water for 8 to 12 hours before their sample is taken ...

Depression and anxiety outcomes were exploratory, and the authors describe these findings as hypothesis-generating. The re ...

Osteoarthritis, where the cartilage in a joint gradually erodes away and leads to the painful friction of bone-on-bone, is the leading cause of disability for older adults worldwide.