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For more than a century, pianists and music teachers have argued over whether a performer's touch can actually change the tone color of a piano note -- and now scientists say the answer is yes. Using a cutting-edge sensor system that tracked piano .. ...

A casual walk through an Ithaca cemetery led to the discovery of a gigantic hidden bee population -- roughly 5.5 million ground-nesting bees packed beneath the soil. Scientists believe it may be one of the largest bee aggregations ever documented and ...

A newly identified protein called GPNMB may play a major role in helping Parkinson's disease spread through the brain. Researchers discovered that immune cells release the protein in response to damaged neurons, creating a vicious cycle that speeds . ...

A new brain imaging study has found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in patients suffering from prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Instead, the most severe long COVID symptoms were associated with increased brain activity in ...

A surprising new approach to depression treatment is showing early promise -- not by targeting brain chemicals, but by calming the immune system. In a small clinical trial, researchers found that an anti-inflammatory drug normally used for rheumatoid ...

When the body runs low on protein, the gut sends powerful signals to the brain that reshape cravings and push animals to seek essential amino acids instead of sugar. Researchers say this newly discovered gut-brain network could transform our ...

Scientists at the University of Houston have shattered a long-standing superconductivity record, creating a material that can conduct electricity with zero resistance at the highest temperature ever achieved under normal pressure conditions. Their .. ...

A sea slug smaller than a sesame seed has turned up in Taiwan's coastal waters -- and it's so tiny and unusual that scientists realized they had discovered a completely new species. Named Thecacera sesama after its black-and-yellow "sesame-like" ...

Scientists at UC San Diego have unveiled a potentially game-changing treatment for MASH, a severe fatty liver disease affecting millions worldwide. The experimental drug, ION224, blocks a liver enzyme that drives fat buildup and inflammation, two key ...

A drug combo widely explored for anti-aging may actually damage the brain, according to new mouse research showing severe loss of myelin and changes linked to "chemo brain." Surprisingly, the damaged cells resembled those seen in multiple sclerosis, ...