When recovering from a brain injury, getting back in the swing of things may be more effective than a prolonged period of rest, according to a new study in mice. These findings offer a compelling exam..

Over 500 new gene regions that influence people's blood pressure have been discovered in the largest global genetic study of blood pressure to date.

Scientists have developed a powerful method for exploring the properties of mysterious molecules called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), some of which have big roles in cancer and other serious conditi..

Researchers have sifted through data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents and found at least four distinct clusters of personality types exist: average, reserved, self-centered and rol..

A new study shows that skin stem cells, modified via CRISPR and transplanted back to donor mice, can protect addicted mice from cocaine-seeking and overdose.

New research finds that when assessing the moral character of others, people cling to good impressions but readily adjust their opinions about those who have behaved badly.

A new study has found that the same mutation that gives tuberculosis bacteria drug resistance also elicits a different — and potentially weaker — immune response.

Rapid deoxygenation in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence is caused by shifts in two of the ocean's most powerful currents: the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current. A detailed model shows that large-s..

X-ray experiments have revealed that the pathways lithium ions take through a common battery material are more complex than previously thought.

A new study has for the first time comprehensively accounted for permafrost carbon release when estimating emission budgets for climate targets. The results show that the world might be closer to exce..