For individuals battling some of the most aggressive forms of blood cancer, a stem cell transplant often represents the single remaining treatment option with the potential to achieve a lasting…
New research led by scientists at the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS)—a rare genetic…
Beyond merely extending the life of these microscopic roundworms, the research team successfully identified the primary biological mechanism responsible for this rejuvenating effect. Their findings point to the suppression of…
Sometimes what we see does not immediately make sense. A shadow can briefly resemble a human face, or an ambiguous object in the corner of a room can momentarily be…
New research suggests that the demographic and clinical characteristics of children and teenagers receiving attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses have shifted significantly over the past…
When it comes to a good night’s rest, the public conversation has long focused on a single metric: the number of hours spent in bed. However, a major new study…
Earlier this year, ocean conservation advocates celebrated what appeared to be a major milestone in global environmental policy: data showed that 10 percent of the Earth’s oceans had been officially…
The earliest chapters of planetary assembly in our Solar System may have operated with a degree of structural selectivity that planetary scientists previously failed to appreciate. When the young Sun…
While the investigation did not uncover evidence of these elusive, subatomic phenomena, the researchers successfully established rigorous new exclusion limits that narrow the scope of where undiscovered physics might hide.…
For generations, the debate surrounding evening coffee consumption has focused on a singular, straightforward question: Does it keep you awake? Across dining rooms, office break rooms, and medical clinics, people…