Chronic inflammation tied to stress, lifestyle, mental health, and socioeconomic conditions may silently change the heart for ...

Physicists have put a decades-old idea about why the strange rules of quantum mechanics disappear in our everyday world to ...

Scientists have found that the human brain develops from two distinct cellular systems, suggesting that evolution fused together two ancient nervous systems with very different jobs. The discovery ...

Common preservatives hiding in processed foods may carry unexpected heart risks, with heavy consumption linked to ...

Cats may identify one another through a surprisingly durable chemical “calling card” made from 13 unusual fatty acids in ...

A sweeping review of more than 153,000 adults found that calcium and vitamin D supplements, alone or together, do little to ...

A decade-long NIST experiment has produced a new measurement of the universal gravitational constant that differs ...

Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar. Its perfectly ordered 52-week ...

Scientists have developed ultra-bright nanoparticles that can detect tiny amounts of chemicals and distinguish between molecules that look almost identical. The technology could one day provide a ...

Nearly three decades of Hurricane Hunter data reveal four features that can help a tilted tropical cyclone straighten its ...

A deep-sea microbe uses an exceptionally heat-resistant enzyme to turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia at temperatures that ...

Researchers have uncovered a hidden molecular warning sign of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can linger even when patients feel well and appear to be in remission. By studying around 900 human ...