Adults who sleep just six hours per night -- as opposed to eight -- may have…
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Adolescent brain development impacts mental health, substance use
Advances in understanding adolescent brain development may aid future treatments of mental illness and alcohol and…
Movement, evolutionary history of tuberculosis in China
A genetic scan of a massive number of samples taken from tuberculosis patients across China has…
Potential path for countering oxidative stress in a range of diseases
Scientists have made a surprising discovery in their mission to understand how cells stay healthy, uncovering…
New drug targets in aggressive cancers
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown molecular vulnerability in two rare, aggressive, and hard-to-treat types of…
Dam problems, win-win solutions
Decisions about whether to build, remove or modify dams involve complex trade-offs that are often accompanied…
Hydropower, innovations and avoiding international dam shame
For sweeping drama, it's hard to beat hydropower from dams -- a renewable source of electricity…
Turning marginal farmlands into a win for farmers and ecosystems
Many farms have areas where the ground either floods or does not retain enough water or…
Changing temperatures are helping corn production in US — for now
Increased production of corn in the United States has largely been credited to advances in farming…
Elusive star has origins close to Big Bang
Astronomers have found what could be one of the universe's oldest stars, made almost entirely of…