Researchers closer to cracking neural code of love

Neuroscientists have discovered a key connection between areas of the adult female prairie vole's brain reward…

Outnumbered and on others’ turf, misfits sometimes thrive

Evolutionary biologists have long assumed that when an individual of a species wanders into a different…

X-ray pulses create ‘molecular black hole’

Scientists have used an ultra-bright pulse of X-ray light to turn an atom in a molecule…

Progress reported in global fight against diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis

Infectious disease scientists have reported the discovery and early validation of a drug candidate for treating…

Kids in high-achieving schools: Addiction down the road?

They have what most would want -- affluent upwardly mobile parents, living in comfortable homes in…

Metabolic enzyme fuels molecular machinery of memory

Researchers have discovered, in the mouse brain, that a key metabolic enzyme works directly within the…

Lingering risk of suicide after discharge from psychiatric facilities

A study that synthesized more than 50 years of research into suicide rates for patients after…

We’re on the brink of mass extinction — but there’s still time to pull back

Imagine being a scuba diver and leaving your oxygen tank behind you on a dive. That's…

Mycobacteria use protein to create diverse populations, avoid drugs

Subgroups of tuberculosis-causing bacteria can persist even when antibiotics wipe out most of the population. The…

Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast

A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of the United States…