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Fulfilling friendships and general close social relationships are strongly linked to excellent physical and mental health, finds a substantial global study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of ...
A record number of Americans now identify as political independents. A new study reveals voters are shedding their party labels not to avoid social stigma, but because they are genuinely frustrated with their own party's…
New research links fulfilling friendships and family relationships to excellent social and mental health.
While stressful life events increase the risk of ADHD, a new study reveals that a child's vulnerability largely depends on a complex mix of parental mental health, genetics, and brain development.
Gluons do more than hold protons together. They may also help define the proton’s identity through a quantum property called baryon number.
Fulfilling friendships and close social relationships are strongly linked to excellent physical and mental health, finds a ...
Testing how a patient responds to a single dose of stimulant medication might help doctors predict treatment success. Researchers found that early behavioral changes can accurately forecast long-term symptom relief in…
The sun frequently flings plasma into space, but sightings of such eruptions on other stars are rare. Magnetic fields could explain why.
A recent study found that people trust human nurses more than AI chatbots for health advice. However, people judge both human and machine advice primarily based on whether the recommendations match their own intuitive…
A large study of young men in Denmark reveals that growing up with a parent who has a mental illness is linked to slightly lower cognitive scores, but this association shifts dramatically depending on other family…
The VA launched a clinical trial testing psilocybin for veterans with treatment-resistant depression. The study will include veterans with or without PTSD and compare two psilocybin doses. The trial ...
A ketogenic diet could surprisingly alter the body's relationship with alcohol. New research in rats indicates that switching to a high-fat diet slows down liver metabolism, spiking blood alcohol levels while…
People tend to experience fewer positive emotions and more negative emotions in their dreams than while awake. However, hiding feelings during the day does not seem to change the emotional intensity of a person's dreams.
A new study reveals that a single dose of rapamycin rapidly but temporarily reverses autism-like behaviors in adult mice. The findings suggest the adult brain remains highly adaptable, pointing toward new therapeutic…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificancePhosphorus is essential for plant growth and crop yield, yet largely vacuole-sequestered. How plants release stored…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceIrreversible cellular processes play critical roles in diverse biological phenomena, including normal cell differentiation…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceMessenger RNA vaccines and other protein-coding nucleic acid therapeutics are among the fastest-growing classes of…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThe application of conventional pump-suction airborne samplers for controlling severe respiratory diseases and airborne…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceGradient-driven colloidal transport offers a way to deliver suspended particles in a controlled, targeted manner. However…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceThe computational cost of ab initio quantum chemistry simulations is usually dominated by tensor contractions. We introduce…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceDNA double-strand breaks are dangerous forms of DNA damage that must be accurately repaired to maintain genome stability. A…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceEpstein–Barr virus (EBV) is a gamma-herpesvirus that persistently infects nearly all humans and is rarely associated with…
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 33, August 2026. SignificanceUsing a CRISPR-generated mouse model lacking CCR1/CCR2/CCR3/CCR5 (Δ1235), we abolished monocyte infiltration…
The study, published in the Lancet, a British medical journal, offers the most comprehensive estimate to date of mental disorders’ prevalence in China, with 191m cases in 2023 (equivalent to about one ...
Growth rings on a fossil bone suggest at least one mammal ancestor gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs 236 million years ago.
You will be redirected to our submission process. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy represents a major advance in ...
Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal.
A small longitudinal study reveals that as people’s political loyalties evolve, their brain activity patterns shift in tandem. These neural changes are driven more by shifting group identity than by alterations in…
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