Dusty rainfall records reveal new understanding of Earth’s long-term climate

Ancient rainfall records stretching 550,000 years into the past may upend scientists' understanding of what controls…

Fee-base form of nicotine in electronic cigarettes

Researchers have developed methods for measuring levels of free-base nicotine in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) liquids and…

Tiny particles could help fight brain cancer

Researchers have now devised a new drug-delivering nanoparticle that could offer a better way to treat…

African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be at risk for depression than whites

A new study shows that African-Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely to experience serious depression…

Scientists shrink chemistry lab to seek evidence of life on Mars

An international team of scientists has created a tiny chemistry lab for a rover that will…

EOVSA reveals new insights into solar flares’ explosive energy releases

Last September, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun's surface next to…

The secret to honing kids’ language and literacy

Researchers found that a child's ability to self-regulate is a critical element in childhood language and…

New computational tool could help optimize treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists have developed a novel computational approach that incorporates individual patients' brain activity to calculate optimal,…

When the dinosaurs died, so did forests — and tree-dwelling birds

Sixty-six million years ago, the world burned. An asteroid crashed to Earth with a force one…

Reconstructing Zika’s spread

The urgent threat from Zika virus, which dominated headlines in early 2016, has passed. But research…