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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...

While major advancements have been made in vision recovery technologies, the vision provided by those devices might be very different from what scientists and patients have assumed.

After centuries of concerns about the potentially compromising role of money in medicine, the debate remains irreconcilable and the link remains indivisible, a new article suggets. Even the reforms of Obamacare, the auth...

A new article covers the use of animal models in scientific research. The use of animals in scientific research prompts regular debate and it can be difficult to garner a clear picture of the actual need for animal model...

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.

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.

If you are like most people, the largest string of numbers you can remember is about seven digits. Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, head of the NSF-funded CELEST Science of Learning Center at Boston University​ has been study...

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

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...

An overnight success... after 10 years of hard work. That's the story for my founding XPRIZE and co-founding Zero-G. It's also the story of Airbnb, Instagram, Pinterest and a lot...

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...

Cell plasticity program resulting from kidney damage can be targeted to reverse kidney disease and fibrosis, new research suggests. The study demonstrated the importance of an embryonic cellular process called EMT (epith...

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