A newly identified protein may hold the key to rejuvenating aging brain cells. Researchers found that boosting DMTF1 can restore the ability of neural stem cells to regenerate, even when age-related ...

A small tweak to mitochondrial energy production led to big gains in health and longevity. Mice engineered to boost a protein that helps mitochondria work more efficiently lived longer and showed ...

“We have trained healthy cells to share their spare batteries with weaker ones,” Akhilesh Gaharwar, PhD, a researcher on the study, explains in a press release. “By increasing the number of ...

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...

Once upon a time, the world seemed like it was made of larger building blocks. Rain fell from what looked like opaque, puffy masses that also blocked the Sun. The human body seemed self-contained and ...

In late 2022, the release of ChatGPT set off a global scramble to govern artificial intelligence. The Biden administration set up the U.S. AI Safety Institute, an office tasked with developing ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Moore’s Law was a 10-year forecast on transistors that instead held true for decades. We are reaching the physical limit of how powerful the same ...

Well, damn. At this rate, Starfleet Academy’s inaugural class is going to be too traumatized to ever operate a starship competently. It seems like every time the USS Athena leaves space dock, it ...