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A region of the brain called the putamen has a central role in memory consolidation during sleep.

Being able to take up DNA from their environment might allow pneumococcal bacteria to colonize the human nose and throat for longer periods of time.

Radiomics has the potential to improve the management of cancer patients, but further research is required before it can be adopted into routine clinical practice.

Scientific abstracts have become less readable over the past 130 years, in part because recent texts include more general scientific jargon than older texts.

eLife editors present a collection of stem cell research published in the journal.

Iodixanol provides an easy and affordable solution to a problem that has limited resolution and brightness when imaging living samples.

A clock gene expressed in skeletal muscle plays a bigger role in regulating sleep than it does in the brain.

Responsible agricultural practices provide a useful lens through which to consider the lives and careers of researchers.

Careful analysis of a database populated by physicians and patients sheds new light on the side effects of drugs.