South American fossil tomatillos show nightshades evolved earlier than thought

Delicate fossil remains of tomatillos found in Patagonia, Argentina, show that this branch of the economically…

Research helps explain why androgen-deprivation therapy doesn’t work for many prostate cancers

Metastatic prostate cancer, or prostate cancer that has spread to other organs, is incurable. In new…

A flexible transistor that conforms to skin

Researchers have created a stretchy transistor that can be elongated to twice its length with only…

Development of face recognition entails brain tissue growth

A central tenet in neuroscience has been that the amount of brain tissue goes in one…

Scientists crack the structure of HIV machinery

Antiviral therapy could be improved with newly uncovered atomic-level details of the structure of HIV machinery,…

Deepest X-ray image ever reveals black hole treasure trove

An unparalleled image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is giving astronomers the best look yet at…

Immune cell therapy shows promising results for lymphoma patients

Physician investigators are working to bring immune cellular therapies to refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients.…

Surprising process behind sense of touch

Biologists have discovered a new mechanism that likely underlies how we feel force or touch.

Humans occupied Tibetan Plateau thousands of years earlier than previously thought

Early Tibetan Plateau settlers managed to survive at high elevation at least 7,400 years ago, before…

NASA moon data provides more accurate 2017 eclipse path

Thanks to elevation data of the moon from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, coupled with…