Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species

A persistent question among urban ecology researchers has been the long-term impact of urbanization on bird…

Neuroscientists find brain pathway supporting an intersection of taste and pain

Neuroscientists have found a pathway in the brain where taste and pain intersect in a new…

Gene that keeps PTSD-like behavior at bay in female mice

More than 30 years ago, scientists discovered that mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases are caused by…

Small babies, big data

The first week of a newborn's life is a time of rapid biological change as the…

Potential impacts of future heat waves on humans and wildlife

Climate change is often talked about in terms of averages, like the goal set by the…

Climate change limits forest recovery after wildfires

New research suggests climate change makes it increasingly difficult for tree seedlings to regenerate following wildfires…

Your body is your internet — and now it can’t be hacked

Engineers have tightened security on the 'internet of body.' Now, the network you didn't know you…

Speedy ‘slingshot’ cell movement observed for the first time

By slingshotting themselves forward, human cells can travel more than five times faster than previously documented.

Role of a deep brain structure in concussion

Through a combination of biometric tracking, simulated modeling and medical imaging, researchers detail how hits to…

Web tool aims to better inform and refine need for treatment in early prostate cancer

A new tool to predict an individual's prognosis following a prostate cancer diagnosis could help prevent…