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Researchers have discovered a new interference mechanism in ultracold chemical reactions, one which has important technological applications in precision measurements, sensing and quantum computing.

Children who are selective eaters have a greater risk of anxiety, depression and ADHD, new research shows.

The blood of the young may be able to counter some of the effects of aging in older brains, according to studies in animals

Creating controlled fusion energy entails many challenges, but one of the most basic is heating plasma - hot gas composed of electrons and charged atoms - to extremely high temperatures and then maintaining those tempera...

Researchers at Princeton University have for the first time directly calculated the rate at which water crystallizes into ice in a realistic computer model of water molecules. The simulations, which were carried out on s...

University of California, Berkeley, researchers have discovered a new way to switch the polarization of nanomagnets, paving the way for high-density storage to move from hard disks onto integrated circuits.

(Phys.org)--Physicists have shown that a quantum battery--basically, a quantum system such as a qubit that stores energy in its quantum states--can theoretically be charged at a faster rate than conventional batteries. T...

Office building managers who set air conditioners to frigid temperatures are not only sending shivers up the spines of workers, they're also wasting money and energy, a new study finds.

Swarms of robots inspired by water-hopping insects could one day be used for surveillance, search-and-rescue missions and environmental monitoring, researchers say.

Ed Bensman, NSF atmospheric scientist, reveals that storms at night depend on daytime predecessors and how they can rumble on for many hours.

A team of New York University scientists has developed a technique that prompts microparticles to form ordered structures in a variety of materials. The advance, which appears in the Journal of the American Chemical Soci...

A soft-bodied, fernlike creature reproduced in Earth's ancient oceans about 565 million years ago, making it the earliest known example of procreation in a complex organism, a new study finds.

-- Pakistan becomes first Asian Associate Member State of CERN -- Data Deluge Pushes Mass Spec Imaging to New Heights -- Fermilab expansion plan signals big future at laboratory site -- CERN Scientists Build Small Linear...

Scientists at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel have used resonators made from single-crystalline diamonds to develop a novel device in which a quantum system is integrated into a mechanical osci...

A brain circuit that is responsible for extinguishing fear has been identified, which could pave the way for better treatment of PTSD and anxiety.

Virtual reality will entertain us, connect us, open up new digital worlds--but can it revolutionize our view of the real world too? Maybe. By making us all astronauts for a...

This curious fernlike fossil is a rangeomorph, a member of a group believed (though no one is quite sure) to have been sessile animals. They lived on the seabed 565m years ago, during the Ediacaran period, which preceded...

Wildlife crime is now considered as serious as drug trafficking - tackling it may help countries beat other illegal activities in the gangs and syndicates responsible

A recent photo contest highlights images captured by ecologists in the field.

The winning photos from a recent ecology photo contest prove that Mother Nature is always ready for her close-up.

(World Scientific) This study introduces a freely available web-based application, BioLEGO, which provides access to computer-assisted single and two-step multiorganism fermentation process design.

(Northeastern University) During a four year project to imbue graphene with thermal sen­si­tivity, Northeastern researchers discovered an entirely new material spun out of boron, nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen that shows...