Exaggerated physical differences between male and female superheroes

Superheroes like Thor and Black Widow may have what it takes to save the world in…

How our brain generates consciousness — and loses it

In a first of its kind study, researchers have used cellular resolution in vivo two-photon calcium…

Human influence on global droughts goes back 100 years, NASA study finds

Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the…

Water found in samples from asteroid Itokawa

Cosmochemists have made the first-ever measurements of water contained in samples from the surface of an…

Nuclear 'magic numbers' collapse beyond the doubly magic nickel 78

Scientists have demonstrated that nickel 78, a neutron-rich ‘doubly magic’ isotope of nickel with 28 protons…

Changes in the metabolism of normal cells promotes the metastasis of ovarian cancer cells

A systematic examination of the tumor and the tissue surrounding it — particularly normal cells in…

New target to improve response to cancer immunotherapy

Researchers have looked at a little-understood type of cell death called ferroptosis. They found ferroptosis occurs…

First hominins on the Tibetan Plateau were Denisovans

So far Denisovans were only known from a small collection of fossil fragments from Denisova Cave…

A comprehensive map of how Alzheimer's affects the brain

Researchers performed the first comprehensive analysis of the genes altered in individual brain cells of patients…

Adverse events during first years of life may have greatest effect on future mental health

A new study has found evidence that children under 3 years old are most the vulnerable…