What happens in the brain of a compulsive drug user? Neurobiologists have discovered that the brain circuit connecting the decision-making region to the reward system is stronger in compulsive animals..

The breeding seasons of wild house finches are shifting due to climate change, a Washington State University researcher has found.

Researchers have for the first time measured an effect that was predicted more than 40 years ago, called the Casimir torque.

New research demonstrates the ability to use a dirhodium catalyst to selectively functionalize C-H bonds in a streamlined manner, while also maintaining virtually full control of the three-dimensional..

Artificial intelligence and extensive satellite imagery have allowed researchers to map the world's intertidal zones for the first time, revealing a significant loss of the crucial ecosystem. The..

The story of the generation of physicists involved in the development of a sustainable energy source, controlled fusion, using a method called magnetic confinement.

The consequence of austerity in the social security system — severe cuts to benefits and the 'ratcheting up' of conditions attached to benefits — is 'social murder', according to..

A new study examines the adverse effects of the adsorption of natural gas constituents found in our environment — and mixtures of several such gases — into one of the materials that make up concrete..

Wolves travel shorter distances and move slower during snowfall events, according to new research. The effects were most pronounced at night, when wolves hunt, and behavior returned to normal within a..

A newly discovered protein could help detect, target, and collect lanthanides, rare-earth metals used in smartphones, from the environment.