Science

Parkinson’s disease has long been described as a disorder of dopamine-producing neurons, but a new comparative study suggests that its molecular story may be far...

A smartwatch may be doing far more than counting steps. It may be quietly recording a shifting portrait of how the body ages—minute by minute,...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is often reduced to a story about distractibility and excess energy. In reality, the condition can disrupt a far broader set...

A metabolic by-product best known for its role in cellular energy production may be helping obesity turn osteoarthritis into a more aggressive and destructive disease,...

Cytokines are among the immune system’s most powerful molecular messengers. These small proteins coordinate inflammation, guide the development of immune cells and help the body...

A new study in npj Viruses is examining how orthoflaviviruses manipulate one of the most dynamic systems inside infected cells: the mitochondria. The article, “Mitochondrial...

A new study is drawing attention to a potentially important biological link between brain development, cholesterol-derived signaling molecules and autism-related neurobiology. Published in Translational Psychiatry,...

Urinary tract infections are commonly treated as infections that unfold in an exposed, fluid-filled environment. Yet some of the bacteria responsible for recurrent disease can...

Wild rodents are emerging as important subjects in the effort to understand how coronaviruses evolve outside human populations. A new study in npj Viruses examines...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry examines how vulnerability to neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases may travel through families, appear across different diagnoses, and emerge...

A new study in Nature Communications offers a fresh explanation for one of evolution’s most persistent puzzles: why some groups of mammals become extraordinarily diverse...

A lake can look still from the shoreline while undergoing a dramatic transformation beneath and across its surface. In a new study published in Communications...