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Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain's fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in mice -- key traits seen in autism. Researchers mapped how this genetic tweak throws off the brain's delicate balance of ...

Researchers are using an advanced brain imaging method called MEG to understand why Parkinson's drug levodopa doesn't work equally well for everyone. By mapping patients' brain signals before and after taking the drug, they discovered that it ...

USC researchers have found a promising new brain scan marker that could better detect Alzheimer's risk -- but only for some. The tau-based benchmark works in Hispanic and White populations when paired with another Alzheimer's protein, amyloid, but .. ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new way that urea--an essential building block for life--could have formed on the early Earth. Instead of requiring high temperatures or complex catalysts, this process occurs naturally on the surface of tiny .. ...

Parts of New Orleans are sinking at alarming rates -- including some of the very floodwalls built to protect it. A new satellite-based study finds that some areas are losing nearly two inches of elevation per year, threatening the effectiveness of .. ...

A newly discovered radio halo, 10 billion light-years away, reveals that galaxy clusters in the early universe were already steeped in high-energy particles. The finding hints at ancient black hole activity or cosmic particle collisions fueling this ...

A groundbreaking study from the University of Auckland and Chalmers University of Technology is offering new hope for spinal cord injury patients. Researchers have developed an ultra-thin implant that delivers gentle electric currents directly to the ...

A team of researchers has turned ordinary yeast into tiny, glowing drug factories, creating and testing billions of peptide-based compounds in record time. This green-tech breakthrough could fast-track safer, more precise medicines and reshape the .. ...

Teens are being misled by cannabis edibles dressed up like health foods. Bright colors, fruit imagery, and words like vegan make these products look fun, natural, and safe even when they re not. A WSU study warns that this could increase the risk of ...

A surprising discovery from a tiny grain of asteroid Ryugu has rocked scientists' understanding of how our Solar System evolved. Researchers found djerfisherite--a mineral typically born in scorching, chemically reduced conditions and never before .. ...