Science

In the modern world, people cooperate with other people including strangers all the time. We give blood, tip providers of various services, and donate...

This is a story about something rare in health psychology: a treatment that has gone from scientific discovery, through development and testing, to dissemination...

Using a new technique known as laser-capture RNA seq, that involves cutting out dopamine neurons from a human brain section with a laser, investigators...

What prevents our cells being damaged due to overexposure to iron ions is a protein called lactoferrin, known for its ability to bind tightly...

Barely heard of a couple of years ago, quinoa today is common on European supermarket shelves. The hardy plant thrives even in saline soils....

A new study offers vivid picture of health consequences of life events and chronic strain among foreign-born Mexicans in farm working communities.

Hookworms exploit a live fast/die young strategy in their South American fur seal pup hosts. As a result, they often kill their host, rather...

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in chemical synthesis that now makes it possible to quickly and reliably modify the 3D structure of molecules...

Consumers' credit cards are declined surprisingly often in legitimate transactions. One cause is that fraud-detecting technologies used by a consumer's bank have incorrectly flagged...

Astronomers report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the center of...