A surprising energy imbalance in the brain and blood cells may offer a new way to detect and treat depression earlier.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers has discovered chemical fingerprints from enormous ...

A newly mapped form of superconductivity in uranium ditelluride emerges only under extremely strong magnetic fields, defying long-held expectations about how superconductors behave.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known genome of the bacterium responsible for syphilis, revealing a previously unknown lineage that existed thousands of years ago in the Americas.

New high-resolution simulations reveal that stellar rotation plays a crucial role in transporting material inside red giant stars.

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that repeated training reshapes specific brain circuits in ways that may be essential for building endurance. Credit: Stock Endurance improvements from exercise ...

An unexpected signal in several major dairy studies suggested that people who ate more ice cream sometimes had a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a result scientists did not expect, and still cannot ...

Australia paused the use of a common berry pesticide after rising consumption increased potential exposure, especially for young children. Australia’s agricultural regulator has temporarily halted the ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals new clues about a mysterious cosmic explosion that defies expectations. Researchers are investigating an unusual event in deep space that has left scientists ...

By keeping hungry birds away from crops and preventing their droppings from contaminating fruit, kestrels may provide farmers with more than one benefit. The cherry harvest ended months ago, but some ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a surprising mathematical connection between two areas of condensed-matter physics that were long considered separate. The electronic and ...