Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics ...

Illustration showing a teens brain being affected by drinks, social media and cigarettes. Adolescence is a pivotal phase during the development of the brain, marked by increased plasticity. That ...

There are well documented risk factors associated with developing substance use disorder across all age groups. A recent study found those risk factors affect age groups differently and proposes a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. People with certain personality traits may at increased risk for drug use problems, and studying ...

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More than a third of all medicines available today are based on active substances from nature and a research team has developed a procedure to identify small active substance molecules much more ...

Editor’s Note (8/11/16): The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is announcing today that it will keep marijuana illegal for any purpose (classified as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

MOSCOW, April 5. /TASS/. A device for mass spectrometers, enabling the study of selected substance in order to ascertain its composition from "four perspectives", has been developed by researchers ...