Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later

In a new mouse study, neonatal exposure to nicotine changed the biochemistry of reward circuitry in…

River valleys helped shape current genetic landscape of Han Chinese

New research shows the importance of how the three main river valleys in China contributed to…

Contact with nature during childhood could lead to better mental health in adulthood

Almost 3,600 people participated in a European study on the impact of green and blue spaces…

Women are less likely to be resuscitated and survive a cardiac arrest than men

Women who have a cardiac arrest outside the hospital setting are less likely to receive resuscitation…

New method could shed light on workers' historical radiation exposure

Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for evaluating plutonium workers’ historical internal radiation…

Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans' burning than climate change

Native Americans’ use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States…

Mathematicians revive abandoned approach to Riemann Hypothesis

Many ways to approach the Riemann Hypothesis have been proposed during the past 150 years, but…

Potential breakthrough in understanding tumor dormancy

Scientists may have uncovered a primary method through which cancer cells exist undetected in an organism…

Developing biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild

If a genetically or synthetically engineered organism gets into the environment, how will we tell it…

With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps through obstacles with ease

First unveiled in 2016, Salto the jumping robot stands at little less than a foot, but…