Scientists are testing an experimental nanoparticle vaccine designed to train the immune system to intercept opioids before they reach the brain. Credit: Shutterstock. Researchers ...

Young poplar trees can straighten a bent stem even without light or gravity to guide them. In an experiment that removed ...

Fragrance chemicals released by common cleaners can react with ozone in indoor air within minutes, according to research led by Brandon Boor. The reaction occurred with both conventional products and ...

The skeleton belongs to the world’s smallest cetacean, the group that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Vaquitas ...

New research is challenging a long-standing idea about how Alzheimer’s-linked tau ends up in the wrong parts of neurons. Credit: Shutterstock. Scientists have long focused on ho ...

In a study of U.S. veterans over 55, researchers found that the brain’s response continued to change over the following week, with one pattern of activity linked to greater relief from depressive ...

One example is single-cell RNA sequencing. Known as scRNA-seq, the technology has changed how researchers understand the diversity of cells within tissues by showing that individual cells can produce ...

To find out what people gain from that consistent stride, the researchers asked human volunteers to try walking more like ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects attention and impulse control, while autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...

Aging appears to make retinal support cells far less willing to transform into new neurons, complicating efforts to regenerate tissue damaged by diseases such as glaucoma. Credit: Shutterstock ...

In a small Cleveland Clinic trial, patients who received the highest dose still had roughly half their original level of LDL, ...

Often more than 100 million times dimmer than objects visible to the unaided eye, TNOs are so small that even with NASA’s ...