ADHD medications: Of all available drugs, methylphenidate should be first option for short-term treatment in children

Study includes 133 double-blind randomized controlled trials with data from more than 14,000 children and adolescents…

Lost Norse of Greenland fueled the medieval ivory trade, ancient walrus DNA suggests

New DNA analysis reveals that, before their mysterious disappearance, the Norse colonies of Greenland had a…

Aboard the ISS, researchers investigate complex dust behavior in plasmas

400 kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in complex plasma under microgravity conditions and found that…

Unwise opioids for wisdom teeth: Study shows link to long-term use in teens and young adults

Getting wisdom teeth removed may be a rite of passage for many teens and young adults,…

Physicists find surprising distortions in high-temperature superconductors

Physicists used simulations and neutron scattering experiments to show the presence of tiny lattice distortions near…

A scientific dating game: Biologists play RNA-protein matchmakers

Virtually all functions in our bodies require precise interactions between radically different types of molecules. The…

Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells

Scientists have uncovered a reason for the uncanny likeness between cells in the most malignant cancers…

Behavioral changes insufficient at preventing early childhood obesity

Young children and their families in poor communities were able to make some achievable and sustainable…

Those fragrances you enjoy? Dinosaurs liked them first

The compounds behind the perfumes and colognes you enjoy have been eliciting olfactory excitement since dinosaurs…

New technique for modeling turbulence in the atmosphere

Researchers have designed a computer model that more effectively calculates the behavior of atmospheric turbulence in…