Researchers have identified a new potential weapon against Alzheimer’s: blocking a protein called PTP1B. In mice, this approach boosted memory and helped brain immune cells clear harmful plaque ...

For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into ...

The body’s “killer” T cells don’t just attack—they strike with astonishing precision, forming a tiny, highly organized ...

Scientists have pulled off a first: teleporting a photon’s state between two separate quantum dots. This was done over a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered six previously unknown Bronze Age mines in southwestern Spain, offering a striking new clue ...

Scientists have finally cracked one of the biggest mysteries in the senses: how smell is organized. By mapping millions of ...

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

A spectacular cosmic event nicknamed “SN Winny” could help solve one of astronomy’s biggest mysteries: how fast the universe is expanding. This rare superluminous supernova, located 10 billion ...

Scientists have uncovered the true boundary of the Milky Way’s star-forming region using stellar “age mapping.” They found a ...

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may rank among the largest ever to slither across Earth. Named Vasuki indicus ...

New experiments suggest that freezing and thawing on early Earth may have helped primitive cell-like structures grow and ...

A troubling new study from MIT reveals that a common environmental contaminant, NDMA—found in polluted water, certain medications, and even processed foods—may pose a far greater cancer risk to ...