Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can ...

Researchers have resolved a 50-year-old scientific mystery by identifying the molecular mechanism that allows tissues to ...

New research exposes the molecular switches that let some cancers shapeshift and reveals how they might finally be stopped. Certain cancers are extremely difficult to treat, and carcinomas are among ...

Concerns about getting older and fears surrounding declining health may be connected to measurable biological changes ...

A new national analysis reveals that the most common causes of death among pregnant and postpartum women are not traditional ...

Close-up measurements from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe are giving scientists an unprecedented look at how the solar wind gains ...

Half the world’s coral reefs were hit hard by extreme ocean heat, and an even more severe bleaching crisis is happening right now.

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

“We showed that the complex actually induces blood-brain barrier leakage, when the proteins alone did not,” Simões-Pires says. “Disruption of the blood-brain barrier allows for blood proteins to cross ...

Astronomers have reported one of the longest stellar dimming events ever recorded, with a Sun-like star fading by 97 percent for nearly 200 days. Astronomers believe one of the longest stellar dimming ...

What may look like a single volcanic eruption is usually the visible outcome of far more complicated activity taking place underground. Beneath the surface, magma can migrate, cool, mix, and ...

Birds across the planet share a learned warning cry that may echo the origins of language itself. Bird species that live thousands of miles apart and diverged millions of years ago are using ...