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(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) An EPFL-led research collaboration has shown for the first time the maximum theoretical limit of energy needed to control the magnetization of a single atom. The fundamental w...

(American Geosciences Institute) This publication is volume 11 of the Society's Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology Series. The book, authored by by Arthur J. Boucot, Chen Xu, and Christopher R. Scotese, is now av...

(Uppsala University) The energy issue, specifically trade in natural gas, has affected the conflict and developments in Ukraine and Russia more than is generally known. This is the view of Stefan Hedlund, a researcher at...

(Georgia State University) Dr. Nadine Kabengi, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and the Department of Chemistry at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $750,000 award from the Early Car...

U.S. employees who use mobile technology to do business outside of normal working hours are more likely to experience a substantial amount of stress on any given day than their peers who totally disconnect after they clo...

(Cell Press) A variant of the gene KLOTHO is known for its anti-aging effects in people fortunate enough to carry one copy. Now researchers find that it also has benefits when it comes to brain function. The variant appe...

Some crops grown at elevated carbon dioxide levels have less zinc and iron.

(Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology) Cruciferous plants use a sophisticated defense system, known as the mustard oil bomb, to get rid of their enemies: If plant tissues are wounded, glucosinolates and an enzyme kn...

Software that listens to your voice to assess your mood gives call centre agents a dashboard that shows how the conversation is going

(University of California - San Francisco) A scientific team led by the Gladstone Institutes and UC San Francisco has discovered that a common form of a gene already associated with long life also improves learning and m...

(Phys.org) --A team of researchers with members from the U.K., Scotland and the U.S. has built a functioning acoustic tractor beam in a lab--one that is able to pull objects of centimeter size. In their paper published i...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) When ovarian cancer spreads from the ovaries it almost always does so to a layer of fatty tissue that lines the gut. A new study has found that ovarian cancer cells are more aggressive o...

Animals In Order of Appearance: Moroccan Flic-Flac Spider, Dumbo Octopus, predatory sea slug and the Spanish Shawl, rat, worms, hobo spider, baby plant hopper, black widow, pig, dog, sheep, Lyrebird.

Ripping up psychiatry's "bible" is one thing, finding a replacement quite another. It will be a long time before patients reap the benefits

(Cell Press) The largest metagenomic search for antibiotic resistance genes in the DNA sequences of microbial communities from around the globe has found that bacteria carrying those vexing genes turn up everywhere in na...

(University of California - San Diego) Nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a 3D-printed device inspired by the liver to remove dangerous toxins from the blood. The device, which is des...

(Initiate PR) Adult ADHD is a serious medical condition that can put patients in danger and greatly impair their lives. It can be treated by stimulants, but they have side effects and are restricted (scheduled) substance...

The revolutionary new field in brain science was created through basic research on two microbes. Researchers are hopeful that new treaments for parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, epilepsy, anxiety and visual impairment ...

It's proven that the caffeine in coffee stimulates the brain, but there's something in a cup of joe that can also jump-start the other end of the body. That's right: Coffee can make you poop.

A unique spider that somersaults down sand dunes through acrobatic flic-flac jumps has a new name, and its dexterity has inspired a model for a spider robot.

Often after severe weather strikes, people are left to pick up the pieces, but one man and his dog are on a mission to provide comfort to tornado victims.

Bill Nye -- the creator and star of the 1990s hit TV show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" -- thinks that entertainment can help raise scientifically literate kids.