Pregnancy and breastfeeding induces the accumulation of specialized immune cells that reduce the chances of breast cancer ...

When athletes devote large amounts of energy to running or cycling, they unconsciously cut back on energy output elsewhere.

US President Donald Trump asked US universities earlier this month to sign a ‘compact’ aligning their student admissions, ...

An electronic eye implant has restored vision in people with blindness caused by age-related macular degeneration.

Some of today’s most capable AI systems are refined versions of large language models (LLMs) that predict text on the basis ...

Slow, sleep-like brain waves persist in part of the brain that has been surgically disconnected from the rest of the organ even though the person is awake. The findings 1, published in PLoS Biology, ...

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human ...

Who will pay for global health? Scientists and policy leaders explored this question when they met this week at the World ...

Online stereotypes about younger women and older men could impact real-world hiring decisions.

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

To dig deeper, the researchers developed a method for measuring activation patterns in astrocytes across a whole brain of a ...

A second blood test has been been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to assist in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease ...