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A team led by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a super-strong yet light structural metal with extremely high specific strength and modulus, or stiffness-to-wei...

Dubbed the "sweet tooth hormone", FGF21 reduced how much sugar and alcohol monkeys wanted to consume

What's the worst possible outcome of virtual reality technology going mainstream? A generation of burnt-out, washed-up VR junkies losing touch with reality and surviving only to sustain their virtual existence. That...

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have demonstrated a new way of controlling electrons by confining them in a device made out of atomically thin materials, and applying external electric and magnet...

Fabiola Gianotti talks to Nature ahead of taking the helm at Europe's particle-physics laboratory on January 1 --

A new pocket-size microscope could give you a closer look at the world around you.

In the months preceding Christmas, Santa's sleigh-pulling ungulates are engaged in a very different activity -- mating. Reindeer sex involves herding, defending harems and ignoring lovers.

Youth sports are not the biggest risk kids face, so should those activities be banned?

Global warming isn't a game, but gameplay might giving people a firm grasp of the risks.

In one of the most tightly controlled trials ever conducted of drugs used to treat sexually transmitted infections, researchers have confirmed that azithromycin remains effective in the treatment of urogenital chlamydia.

A new groundbreaking mechanism that generates super-antibodies that can broadly target malaria parasites has been described in a new article. The antibodies described in this study were not only special for their broad r...

One researcher is concerned that there's more to the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria than the misuse of common medications. A senior research ecologist, this scientist believes environmental contaminants may be ...

Two genetic variants previously linked to Alzheimer's disease have been more specifically tied to brain atrophy that is characteristic of the disease. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive illness that is the leading caus...

Immunogeneticists specializing in immunoglobulin GM genes monitored for immune responses that could limit the effectiveness of the broadly neutralizing antibody VRC01 in HIV-infected individuals in a phase 1 trial.

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other chronic respiratory disorders who received music therapy in conjunction with standard rehabilitation saw an improvement in symptoms, psychological well...

A new mathematical model has been introduced by experts, which offers a simplified approach to studying the spread of the infectious virus, Dengue fever, in urban areas, specifically breaking down the epidemic dynamics a...

Cannabidiol (CBD), a medical marijuana derivative, was effective in reducing seizure frequency and well-tolerated and safe for most children and young adults enrolled in a year-long study, researchers report. These lates...

Researchers reveal a completely new biological mechanism that underlies cancer. By studying brain tumors that carry mutations in the isocitrate dehydrogenase genes, the team uncovered some unusual changes in the instruct...

Largest study ever of pulmonary hypertension shows effective treatment may get easier for the mostly young women patients who have the rare heart disease. The oral drug Selexipag reduced hospitalizations and worsening sy...

A computer model has been designed that applies techniques used to analyze social networks to identify new ways of treating cancer, according to a new article.

The preclinical development of a therapeutic that could potentially be used to treat type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and other metabolic diseases has been outlined in a new report. The researchers developed an anti...

Applying a pacemaker's mild electrical shocks to push the heart in and out of normal synchronized contraction for part of each day may be an effective way to slow down the progression of heart failure, a disorder that af...