Reduced blood flow to the brain is thought to be a key factor in many forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's, and ...

Inserting, removing or swapping individual atoms from the core of a molecule is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. This ...

Boulder, Colo. — A laboratory method developed for making and analyzing cold, concentrated samples of a mysterious “floppy” molecule thought to be abundant only in outer space has revealed new data ...

In the new study, published in Science Advances, researchers have identified a previously unknown molecule, TMEM9B-AS1, which may explain why people with type 2 diabetes often suffer from muscle ...

Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is ...

A research team from Osaka Metropolitan University have developed a donor-acceptor-donor molecule that can spontaneously self-assemble into nanoscale structures and offer a more stable route to ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

Deep in the cold, dusty spaces between stars where no planets exist and no ...

Human karyotype of Down syndrome. Autosomal abnormalities. Trisomy 21. [Rujirat Boonyong/Getty Images] Faulty brain circuits seen in Down syndrome may be caused by the lack of a particular molecule ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a previously unknown molecule that may explain why people with type 2 diabetes often suffer from muscle weakness and muscle loss – a condition that ...