Recent investigations into children’s understanding of death reveal an intricate interplay between cognitive development, emotional exposure, cultural context and media representations. Children's ...

Medical research plays a vital role in advancing healthcare, improving treatment, and informing public health policies. However, it can be difficult to understand a study or whether it is trustworthy.

Understanding how trees respond to drought and climatic stress increasingly calls for close collaboration between experts in ...

What can ancient moon rocks tell us about the origins of Earth, the future of space travel, and even the water we drink? At Case Western Reserve University, professor and geochemist Jim Van Orman is ...

Medical research is essential for advancing the understanding of health, diseases, and treatments. There are many types of studies that serve different purposes. Medical research, or health research, ...

For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain — dementia, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and others — doctors can only treat the symptoms. Medical science does not have a cure. Why? Because it’s difficult to ...

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham conducted a comprehensive review of 52 existing aphantasia research studies in hopes to uncover patterns and further the understanding of how ...

The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...

MIT astronauts aboard the International Space Station—and the MIT researchers who have sent up experiments—have advanced our understanding of science, space, and the universe. On November 2, 2000, ...