Cannabis with more THC may slightly dull chronic pain—but the relief is modest, short-lived, and comes with trade-offs.

Replacing a missing brain lipid may calm overactive blood vessels and restore healthy blood flow—opening a new path toward treating dementia.

Clearing out “aged” brain cells dramatically reduced seizures and restored memory in a new epilepsy study.

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

Stanford, CMU, Penn, MIT, and SkyWater Technology reached a major milestone by producing the first monolithic 3D chip ...

Everyday sights and sounds subtly shape the choices people make, but for some, these cues can quietly take over. Credit: Shutterstock. For some people, everyday sights and sounds ...

The world’s energy demand is rising, and NREL’s ULIS power module could help meet it. Demand for energy worldwide is climbing rapidly, driven in part by power hungry data centers that support ...

Scientists are turning to milk proteins, starch, and nanoclay to create biodegradable plastics that break down quickly in soil. As concerns grow about damage to the environment and potential risks to ...

A fatty diet doesn’t just damage the liver — it rewires its cells in ways that give cancer a dangerous head start.

The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That figure rose to between 3 and 5 per cent in middle-aged men (43 to 58 years) ...

Fructose consumption has been found to increase immune cell sensitivity to bacterial toxins, resulting in more pronounced inflammatory responses.

Researchers report that oil-field emissions are reshaping regional atmospheric processes. Earth’s climate is shifting rapidly, with the most dramatic changes occurring in polar regions. A team of rese ...