A stroke drug called GAI-17 protected mouse brains even six hours after damage began—and may one day help fight Alzheimer’s ...

New research indicates that erythritol, a sugar substitute commonly recommended for individuals with obesity or diabetes, may ...

A futuristic rice plant just 10cm tall could feed astronauts and help make Moon bases possible — and maybe even transform ...

Stevens’ team harnesses both the “wave-ness” and “particle-ness” of quantum objects to develop a groundbreaking imaging ...

Pennington Biomedical researchers and their collaborators observed decreased activity in the brain regions responsible for ...

MIT gave photosynthesis a boost by evolving rubisco to work faster, raising hopes for higher crop yields and more efficient ...

From peach pit salves to lizard shampoos, ancient remedies reveal that medieval folks were surprisingly savvy about wellness, and oddly in sync with today’s trends.

A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it defies current astrophysical models. The clash formed a 225-solar-mass monster, possibly made ...

Could microbial life be drifting in the clouds of Venus? With unexplained signs of phosphine and ammonia scientists are ...

A star once thought empty was actually hiding a giant planet. New imaging and Gaia data exposed the surprising discovery of a ...

A rare Martian meteorite has revealed complex volcanic processes and mantle heterogeneity on Mars, offering new clues to the ...

Parkinson’s disease has a scent, and trained dogs can smell it with surprising accuracy, years ahead of diagnosis.