Living tissue from the memory centers of people’s brains reveals sparse nerve cell connections that provide strong, reliable signaling between cells.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

Even just a few minutes of vigorous movement per day lowers the risk of serious cardiovascular problems, like heart attack and heart failure, in women.

The JUNO experiment, which will study the ways of the electrically neutral subatomic particles, will be the largest of its kind.

Thanks to decades of conservation to restore private grasslands, numbers of the threatened insect are on the rise in the Loess Canyons.

Real-time data from Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast is providing researchers with a good eruption forecasting test.

A variant of PCSK9, a gene involved in raising cholesterol, may spur metastasis. An approved antibody might stop it.

Friction between loops of yarn give knit fabrics the ability to take on a variety of shapes even when no force is applied.

Scientists paired Labrador retrievers with an AI model in a new screening test for breast, lung, colorectal or prostate cancer.

COVID-era telehealth laws made health care more accessible for rural patients, but telehealth might not be as easy to access next year.

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