Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...

Scientists and medical experts are countering climate denialism, vaccine scepticism and wellness pseudoscience on social ...

Around the world, governments are demanding that research funding follow broader political priorities. They should be careful ...

For more than 70 years, physicians seeking to diagnose mental-health conditions have turned to the ‘bible for psychiatry’ — ...

Study could help reveal why some mental health disorders vary between men and women — but it's not clear whether the differences are due to sex or gender.

A European project calls for help to verify whether carbon quantum dots are really able to sense chemicals in cells.

Chinese research organizations can no longer take part in most of the research grants funded by Horizon Europe, the European ...

Another complication is how social-media use is evaluated: many studies look only at total amount of time spent on the ...

China’s science ministry will crack down on universities that fail to investigate or sanction researchers who are involved in ...

But funding proposals to US agencies also tend to be more similar to previously funded projects if they are written or edited ...

Overturning the 2009 decision will lead to billions of extra tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions over the next three decades.

The work reveals that the brain — in mice and, presumably, in humans — is actively involved in the development of endurance, the ability to get better at a physical activity with repeated practice, ...