An approved drug that blocks an integrated stress response shows promise in preliminary tests against ALS and frontotemporal dementia.

Emerging infectious diseases comprise a substantial fraction of important human infections, with potentially devastating global health and economic impacts. A 2008 paper in Nature described the emerge..

ClassDojo is one of the most popular education apps in the world. Its company estimates it is used by millions of teachers and children across 180 countries. Beneath its friendly exterior lie disturbi..

A new method to measure the temperature of atoms during the explosive death of a star will help scientists understand the shock wave that occurs as a result of this supernova explosion.

People with schizophrenia have a hard time integrating information about a reward — the size of the reward and the probability of receiving it — when assessing its value, according to a new study.

Advanced technologies that read long strings of DNA can produce flawed data that could affect genetic studies, research suggests.

Researchers have discovered that the human mutation rate is significantly slower than for our closest primate relatives. The new knowledge may be important for estimates of when the common ancestor fo..

A research team has made a significant breakthrough in the search for new states of matter. The scientists show that a perovskite-related metal oxide exhibits a quantum spin liquid state, a long-sough..

A new study is beginning to pick apart how bizarre zombie-like microbes survive by examining their source of 'food' — nearby molecules of organic carbon. The study helps further our underst..

Having ancestors who were frequently exposed to stressors can improve one's own immune response to stressors, according to researchers. The results suggest that family history should be considere..