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Engineers have now developed the first light-sensitive molecule that enables neurons to be silenced noninvasively, using a light source outside the skull. This noninvasive approach could pave the way to using optogenetic...

A method to record an individual neuron's response to transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy has been developed by researchers. The advance will help researchers understand the underlying physiological effects of TMS ...

For a rare form of cancer called thymoma, researchers have discovered a single gene defining the difference between a fast-growing tumor requiring aggressive treatment and a slow-growing tumor that doesn't require extens...

Headlines recently exploded with news that a computer program called Eugene Goostman had become the first to pass the Turing test, a method devised by computing pioneer Alan Turing to objectively prove a computer can thi...

A novel metamaterial enables a fast, efficient and high-fidelity terahertz radiation imaging system capable of manipulating the stubborn electromagnetic waves, advancing a technology with potential applications in medica...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a new method for enriching a group of the world's most expensive chemical commodities, stable isotopes, which are vital to medical imaging and nuclear power, ...

For his doctoral dissertation in the Goldman Superconductivity Research Group at the University of Minnesota, Yu Chen, now a postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Barbara, developed a novel way to fabricate superconducting...

Adding antifreeze and cooling rat livers to below zero kept them viable for transplant much longer, a technique that might shorten human transplant lists

The first study to assess all of Antarctica's emperor penguins warns that their population could shrink by one-fifth by 2100

: A new database of dinosaur-era flying reptiles called pterosaurs allows users to map the location of fossils on Google Earth. Paleontologists want to use the database, called PteroTerra, to uncover evolutionary trends.

The oldest known human poop, bacteria on your phone and Higgs boson -- just a few of the coolest stories in Science.

Sharks have killed seven people off Western Australia since 2010. Can culling stop them - and what will be the cost to marine wildlife? (full text available to subscribers)

Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries which cause the connections between brain cells to stretch or break.

From toilet tests to pool covers, it's not hard to tweak your home to save water.

(Duke University) Duke researchers have developed a method to record an individual neuron's response to transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy. The advance will help researchers understand the underlying physiological...

(Boston College) In an effort that advances attempts to generate images using terahertz light waves, researchers from Boston College, Duke University and the University of New Mexico report in Nature Photonics that they'...

(University of California - Santa Barbara) For his doctoral dissertation in the Goldman Superconductivity Research Group at the University of Minnesota, Yu Chen, now a postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Barbara, develop...