Seabirds that dive into water at high speed have unusually sturdy neck bones and extra contact surfaces that may help protect ...

Researchers identified five patterns of communication between brain regions in people with depression. The profiles were ...

People with heart disease may need a care plan before extreme heat arrives, according to new expert guidance. The ...

A new material helped an experimental zinc-air battery complete up to 500 charging and discharging cycles, researchers have ...

A thin ceramic film with unusual magnetic behavior could provide a new route toward electronics that use less energy.

Vitamin pills can provide useful nutrients, but they do not replace everything supplied by food. In an expert explanation from Tufts University, nutrition scientist Alice H. Lichtenstein describes why ...

Feeling unusually tired now may make it harder to maintain thinking performance later, a study of everyday life suggests. Surprisingly, performing faster than usual at one assessment was also linked ...

Tiny particles of polyethylene, one of the world’s most widely used plastics, disrupted liver health in experiments with mice. The effects were more pronounced when exposure was combined with a diet ...

A mysterious chemical signal in old Hubble observations may point to a planet that formed after its star died. Astronomers suspect the world grew from material shed by the aging star, offering a ...

A medicine used to lower blood sugar improved the function of aging blood vessels in mice, a University of Missouri study ...

Researchers are turning familiar clothing and household fabrics into prototypes that monitor health, deliver warnings and ...

People who climb stairs are less likely to die from heart and blood vessel disease, a large review of studies has found.