"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the object. It's not one but two." A well-studied cosmic object has stunned ...

Boys are three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls, research suggests, and scientists found a link that may shine a light on why. According to new research from the Geisinger ...

But when mice are used to study distinctly human conditions like autism, the parallels start to break down. Fifteen years ago, researchers introduced the first two mouse models of autism ...

“It used to be that this brown dwarf didn’t make any sense. We worried that we were doing something horribly wrong, or that our models were horribly wrong. But, no, everything’s fin ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and autism can co-occur, and genetic factors, symptoms, and causes may overlap. Treatment for EDS may help to slow its progression and prevent complications.

The lab-grown organoids allowed the team to gain a new understanding of how one genetic mutation leads to autism spectrum disorder. It also showed that an experimental drug, called NitroSynapsin ...

Increased Autism Risk Linked to Y Chromosome, Study Finds Oct. 17, 2024 — Increased risk for autism appears to be linked to the Y chromosome, a study has found, offering a new explanation for ...

Canton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing child with autism. Zehki Byrd, 11, was last seen in the area of Ruggles train station in Boston at 1:50 p.m. after ...

This artwork highlights a pair of recently uncovered brown dwarf twins, named Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb. Gliese 229B, discovered in 1995, was the first-ever confirmed brown dwarf, but until ...

Hundreds of papers have been written about the first known brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, since its discovery by Caltech researchers at the Institute's Palomar Observatory in 1995. But a pressing ...