Plants grow less in hotter temperatures

Researchers report how two transcription factors, ANAC044 and ANAC085, pause the cell cycle when cells experience…

Deep microbes’ key contribution to Earth’s carbon cycle

Hydrocarbons play key roles in atmospheric and biogeochemistry, the energy economy, and climate change. Most hydrocarbons…

Scientists shed light on preservation mystery of Terracotta Army weapons

The chrome plating on the Terracotta Army bronze weapons -- once thought to be the earliest…

Psychedelic drug MDMA may reawaken ‘critical period’ in brain to help treat PTSD

Neuroscientists have found that the psychedelic drug MDMA reopens a kind of window, called a 'critical…

A ‘million word gap’ for children who aren’t read to at home

Young children whose parents read them five books a day enter kindergarten having heard about 1.4…

Just 20 minutes of contact with nature will lower stress hormone levels, reveals new study

Taking at least 20 minutes out of your day to stroll or sit in a place…

Experimental therapy completely clears HPV in one-third of cervical cancer precursors

A potential new immune-based therapy to treat precancers in the cervix completely eliminated both the lesion…

Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms

New findings could provide neurosurgeons and psychiatrists with the reliable, objective and rapid feedback they've needed…

Protein key to charcot-marie-tooth, other nerve diseases

A new study provides critical insight into a little-known, yet relatively common, inherited neurological condition called…

Researchers have invented a quieter airplane toilet

Airplane toilets are loud. For some, they are downright terrifying. But chin up, frequent flyers, because…