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Can’t remember something? Try waiting until later in the day. Researchers have identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall at different times of day and tracked how it causes mice to be more forgetful just before they normally wake up.

Researchers have developed a powerful computer algorithm that allows the haplotypes of hundreds of thousands of unrelated individuals to be identified at high speed.

Scientists are using powerful supercomputers to uncover the mechanism that activates cell mutations found in about 50 percent of melanomas. The scientists say they're hopeful their study can help lead to a better understanding of skin cancer and to the design of better drugs.

Obesity in children may lead to a change in brain structure, causing decreased executive function, according to a new study.

Researchers have uncovered specific signatures in brain activity that allow them to tell old and new memories apart in mice.

Glutamine could help people with obesity reduce inflammation of fat tissue and thus reduce fat mass, according to a new study.

New research led by La Trobe University in Australia has uncovered genetic clues which could explain why some people have more severe side effects from long-term methamphetamine use than others.

Researchers have developed the foundation for direct sequencing of individual proteins.

Caffeine may offset some of the negative effects of a high-fat, high-sucrose diet, according to a new study in rats.

Researchers have revealed a comprehensive comparison method for microbiomes, hoping to improve upon current methods of “shotgun metagenomics”.