A class of medications best known for treating diabetes and obesity may also reduce the risk of addiction – and help people who already have one, a new study shows.

Among its numerous health benefits, physical activity reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. A new study on mice now dives into the specific mechanisms and proteins that allow exercise to ...

A method unveiled in 2023, developed by researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California, Berkeley, takes advantage of how energy is stored or released when ...

Babies are exposed to many more 'forever chemicals' before they're born than previously thought, new research suggests, as ...

Hundreds of glass fragments found in Brazil are traces of an ancient impact that scattered them millions of years ago, scientists have found.

Since their 2022 review, Milinski says the field has rapidly expanded, with a growing number of large-scale studies ...

Based on JWST's readings, which were collected on February 18 and 26, experts from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object ...

Plastic pollution is seeping into the Earth, into wildlife, and into our bodies, and a new research review suggests tiny ...

For many people, depression can make gaining control of one's thoughts and feelings seem out of reach. This study shows that taking just 10 minutes to learn evidence-based skills can be a valuable ...

A new kind of cellular immunotherapy shows promise in preventing Alzheimer's-associated plaques from forming in the brain – and even removing some when given in advanced cases.

Little Foot was originally discovered in 1980 in Sterkfontein Cave in South Africa. As the nickname suggests, the first traces were four small ankle bones. It wasn't until the 1990s that scientists ...

For the first time, scientists have created functional hair follicles in the lab that naturally cycle through periods of ...