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Data from the DZero experiment shows evidence of a particle containing four different types of quarks --

People who do CrossFit tend to be fervently loyal to their sport. Why is this?

A group of engineers wants to help people "touch" virtual environments in a more natural way, and they built a wearable virtual reality suit to do just that.

A potential correlation between pre-labor Cesarean delivery (PLCD) and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) could offer new targets for cancer prevention research, according to new research.

Driverless vehicles could intensify car use, reducing or even eliminating promised energy savings and environmental benefits, a study led by a University of Leeds researcher has warned.

Resistors, inductors and capacitors are basic electrical components that make modern electronics possible.

Research has found that exposure to blue light suppresses the production of the sleep hormone melatonin more than any other type of light.

During the daytime, plants convert the Sun's energy into sugars using photosynthesis, a complex, multi-stage biochemical process. New work from a team including Carnegie's Mark Heinnickel, Wenqiang Yang, and Arthur Gross...

An incredible new picture of the Milky Way shows our home galaxy glowing eerily in wavelengths invisible to the human eye, revealing zones of hidden star birth.

Monday is Feb. 29 - the bissextle or "leap day," an artifact that dates back to the year 46 B.C. Find out how this calendar oddity came to be.

A detailed analysis has been made, at the atomic level, of an infection mechanism of coronaviruses, the agents of both mild and deadly respiratory illness in people and animals. The model of the coronavirus spike protein...

New research supports the use of weekly chemotherapy without bevacizumab in treating advanced ovarian cancer.

In women undergoing breast reconstruction using their own (autologous) tissue, newer 'muscle-sparing' abdominal flaps can reduce complications while improving some aspects of quality of life, reports a new study.

A handwritten letter by famed naturalist Charles Darwin to a British marine biologist was to be auctioned off yesterday (Feb. 25) by Nate D. Sanders Auctions, a Los Angeles-based auction house.

Losing weight is only half the battle -- for many people, the bigger challenge is keeping the pounds off over the long term. Here are the best science-based tips for weight-loss maintenance.

Rocks from the deep past, some 3.5 billion years old, were deposited on a deep, cold ocean floor, not in a scalding sea. That finding suggests the planet was in a Goldilocks state ever since life appeared.

Earth's inner core is partly light elements such as sulfur, hydrogen and silicon, a new study finds. The research can reveal details of the planet's violent formation as well as the magma ocean that emerged afterward.