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Scientists have elucidated the molecular structure and regulation of the essential muscle protein alpha-actinin. The new findings allow unprecedented insights into the protein's mode of action and its role in muscle diso...

Dried whiskey looks like fine art when magnified thanks to its chemical composition and a cool aspect of fluid dynamics known as the Marangoni Effect.

The effectiveness of inpatient psychotherapy - which is widely available in Germany - has been the focus of long-term study, particularly with regard to the reduction of the psychiatric symptoms and impairments in the in...

Your eyes could help make a huge Higgs boson breakthrough -- LHC's 'heart' starts pumping protons before restart -- The search for dark energy just got easier -- Why does time move forward instead of backward, anyway? --...

Financial management skills can decline with age, which can lead to catastrophic money woes for seniors. Declining financial aptitude can also be a sign of impending memory loss. In a new article, researchers present som...

From BPA to burnt toast, pretty much everything in the modern world comes with a hidden cocktail of chemical extras. Get the facts on what to worry about (full text available to subscribers)

New York University scientists and their colleagues have launched the Higgs Hunters project, which will allow members of the general public to study images recorded at the Large Hadron Collider and to help search for pre...

The way our furry friends turn their heads when listening to our words indicates which part of the brain they are using and how they process our speech

Six people who were buried as "vampires" in a Polish village were actually locals who may have been killed by cholera, new research suggests.

Using a 3,000 gallon wave flume, researchers are teasing out the subtle secrets of ocean aerosols.

Starving adult bears could struggle to raise any cubs by the end of this century in their current stronghold in the Canadian Arctic

Genetic blueprints attached to a rocket survived a short spaceflight and later passed on their biological instructions --

Six individuals in 19th century Poland believed to be at risk of becoming vampires weren't mysterious outsiders - they were locals singled out for another reason

Scientists analyzed tissue samples from patients who had -- and had not -- responded to a promising new immunotherapy drug. The study could help identify patients most likely to respond to the new drug, which blocks PD-L...

We know that a wishbone grants wishes, but what does it do for the turkey? From the wishbone to the wings, there is more to the physiology of Thanksgiving's central bird than how it tastes.

A way to block a pain pathway in animal models of chronic neuropathic pain has been discovered by researchers, suggesting a promising new approach to pain relief.

Many women notice that their sexual health changes after childbirth, according to researchers. Researchers have a study underway to determine the extent to which pelvic pain may be related to this change.

In the near future, physicians may treat some cancer patients with personalized vaccines that spur their immune systems to attack malignant tumors. New research has brought the approach one step closer to reality.

Researchers have pioneered a new methodology to predict why some patients battling advanced melanoma respond well or not at all to the new breakthrough drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda).

During a thunderstorm, we all know that it is common to hear thunder after we see the lightning. That's because sound travels much slower (768 miles per hour) than light (670,000,000 miles per hour).

A collision avoidance system for drones lets them see each other on camera and take steps to minimise the risk of crashing in mid-air

The percentage of U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes was 17.8 percent in 2013, a drop from 20.9 percent in 2005, and the lowest rate of smoking since researchers began tracking this figure in 1965.