Research from Harvard Forest identified a crucial relationship between precipitation patterns and soil types in New England.

The ultimate goal is a skin-swab test that could spot Parkinson’s years before symptoms appear. Early trials, funded by the Michael J. Fox Foundation, show 96.7% accuracy—far better than the 50% ...

Pasteurized milk is the type of milk typically sold in grocery stores. Pasteurization occurs when milk is heated for a specific amount of time to kill off harmful disease-causing pathogens. But ...

New research suggests that calming the brain's immune cells might prevent or lessen the damaging inflammation seen in ...

The survivors of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing gave doctors a new window into how the human brain works. Phebe Tucker, a psychiatrist, studied the brains and bodies of the survivors. Sign up for our ...