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Australian scientists have discovered a method to produce ammonia--an essential component in fertilizers--using only air and electricity. By mimicking lightning and channeling that energy through a small device, they've bypassed the traditional, ...

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the brain draw powerful indirect connections. Disabling this circuit erased the links, hinting that similar pathways in humans ...

Smarter people don't just crunch numbers better--they actually see the future more clearly. Examining thousands of over-50s, Bath researchers found the brightest minds made life-expectancy forecasts more than twice as accurate as those with the ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region--called the hippocampus--even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples from people of all ages, the team identified the . ...

Scientists have discovered that starving and then refeeding worms can reveal surprising secrets about aging. When a specific gene (called TFEB) is missing, these worms don't bounce back from fasting--they instead enter a state that looks a lot like . ...

A promising path to fighting COVID and other coronaviruses may have been based on a serious mistake. Scientists had zeroed in on a part of the virus called the NiRAN domain, believed to be a powerful target for new antiviral drugs. But when a ...

Scientists have discovered that the bacteria behind Lyme disease and anaplasmosis have a sneaky way of surviving inside ticks--they hijack the tick's own cell functions to steal cholesterol they need to grow. By tapping into a built-in protein ...

Forests aren't keeping up with today's climate chaos. While temperatures soar within decades, tree populations take 100 to 200 years to shift in response. A sweeping new analysis of ancient pollen and modern data reveals this dramatic lag--and its .. ...

Preserving strips of native vegetation beside avocado orchards gives insects a buffet of wild pollen when blossoms are scarce, doubling their plant menu and boosting their resilience. Using cutting-edge eDNA metabarcoding, Curtin scientists revealed ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular "antennae" in key brain cells, restoring vital dopamine communication and neuroprotective signals in a mouse model of genetic Parkinson's. After . ...