Researchers have developed a polymer structure inspired by a classic “Chinese lantern” that can change into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes when it is compressed or twisted. These ...

Recent observational breakthroughs are beginning to challenge the long-standing view of dark energy as unchanging. Data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument ( DESI ), an advanced survey ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Uranus and Neptune could be far rockier on the inside than anyone expected.

Scientists have identified a small flaw in the enzyme GPX4 that prevents neurons from defending themselves. This mutation, found in children with a rare form of early dementia, disrupts a tiny loop ...

Researchers at Washington State University have uncovered evidence that sleep may not be entirely a function of the brain but also the microbes living within us. They discovered that bacterial cell ...

Scientists have captured an unprecedented, real-time view of influenza viruses as they move across and slip inside human ...

Princeton scientists found that the brain uses reusable “cognitive blocks” to create new behaviors quickly.

Researchers at LMU have uncovered how ribosomes, the cell’s protein builders, also act as early warning sensors when ...

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early ...

A newly engineered antibody can penetrate kidney cysts and interrupt the growth signals that drive polycystic kidney disease.

Although the research centered on mAChR4 within the gut, this signaling protein is also known to influence areas of the brain involved in habit formation, learning and addiction. Because individuals ...

Scientists have uncovered how a molecule called spermine, naturally produced by the body, helps cells neutralize toxic protein buildups linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. By encouraging these ...