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A mouse study sheds light on how repeated exposure to specific odors can shape the population of neurons that detect them.

How does the timing of a person’s internal clock influence their ability to complete motivation-driven tasks?

Experiments resembling natural conditions suggest that the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness is more transmissible in its stumpy form.

Experiments in human oral cancer cells reveal a mechanism that cancer cells can use to evade two types of programmed cell death called apoptosis and ferroptosis.

Lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake among seriously ill and less mobile older individuals may impact studies of vaccine effectiveness, according to a study based on Qatari health records.

Forming lasting pair bonds changes how the neurons of mandarin voles respond to dopamine.

The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis use a system that imports copper to help defend themselves against the immune system.

An automated screening process provides new insights into the impact of abnormal structures known as micronuclei.