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Just an hour of socializing per day helped mice fight tumors. Now scientists have traced the brain circuitry that turns companionship into a cancer-fighting signal.

One model predicts heavy revenue and job losses if fewer foreign students come to the US. Researchers worry about the loss of diverse talent in academia.

Place cells in the hippocampus integrate signals from other brain regions to create and adapt memories of locations, shedding light on learning and memory.  

Red flags during a literature review led to the discovery of over 200 papers on animal models of stroke with duplicated images, which is likely an underestimate.

Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack its genetic material into new viral particles.

Hypoxia due to impaired lung function or high altitude led to epigenetic changes in the genome of neutrophils, cells important for fighting infection.

Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new light on these decorative structures.

By profiling over 16 million immune cells from people aged 22 to 65 after flu vaccination, scientists discovered that memory T cell function changes with age.

New broad-spectrum antivenom, made up of just eight nanobodies to counter venom from diverse sub-Saharan African snake species, shows success in mice.

Although the clocks on people’s walls change twice a year, the clock running the body doesn’t adapt as fast.

Treating mice with a molecule that rescued autophagy and balanced neuronal excitability reduced pain behaviors, offering a potential new therapeutic path.

Female mosquitoes dictate mating through a precise genital lock-and-key design, but some species can bypass it, informing future mosquito control programs.