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A group of physicists from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, has used a personal computer for calculations of complex quantum mechanics equations usually solved using sup...

LIGO researcher Nergis Mavalvala talks about measuring spacetime shifts from the gravitational superpowers at the center of galaxies --

(International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA)) A new study led by the SISSA of Trieste and published in PLOS Computational Biology adds detail to the theoretical models used in chromatin simulations and demonstrates ...

Viruses must avoid a host's immune system to establish successful infections -- and scientists have discovered another tool that viruses use to frustrate host defenses. New research demonstrates a novel mechanism by whic...

Forget mousetraps -- today's scientists will get the cheese if they manage to build a better battery.

A new generation of devices promises to revolutionise the way we interact with computers - and silence crying babies

Large biomolecules in a small space spontaneously form symmetrical patterns. Researchers from FOM institute AMOLF discovered this together with colleagues from Oxford and Jülich when they confined rod-shaped virus parti...

Scientists report promising 90-day outcomes for stroke patients with large-vessel clots who underwent thrombectomy or clot removal using the direct-aspiration, first pass technique (ADAPT). Approximately 58 percent of st...

Crucial new evidence has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the first modern humans at this...

People who inherit a genetic disorder from one of their parents that results in high cholesterol may be five times more likely to develop coronary heart disease. These patients also may be more likely to have hardening o...

A phase II clinical trial in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, suggests that transplanting human stem cells into the spinal cord may be done safely. While the study was not designe...

Replication-transcription head-on collisions contribute to mutagenesis, report scientists.

A new study demonstrates a novel method for sorting passenger from driver alterations, and uses this method to pinpoint a new driver and potential therapeutic target in cancer progression, GON4L.

Topological insulators behave like insulators at their core and allow good conductivity on their surface. They owe their characteristics to a new quantum state within the material discovered in 2007 and 2009 for 2D and 3...

Plastic surgeons see some clear advantages of using Google Glass in the operating room, reports a new survey.

Access through the wrist, or radial access, when inserting stents to restore blood flow in heart disease patients has fewer complications and should be the default approach over access through the groin, or femoral acces...

Vision loss due to glaucoma or optic nerve damage is generally considered irreversible. Now a new prospective, randomized, multi-center clinical trial demonstrates significant vision improvement in partially blind patien...

Zap a tumor with radiation to trigger expression of a molecule, then attack that molecule with a drug-loaded nanoparticle, say cancer researchers.

An epidemiological study analyzing the association of butter consumption with chronic disease and mortality finds that butter was only weakly associated with total mortality, not associated with heart disease, and slight...

'Leaky gut' is a condition where the thin mucosal barrier of the gut, which plays a role in absorbing nutrients and preventing large molecules and germs from the gut entering the blood stream, becomes less effective. It ...

When it comes to modern consumer electronics, we all seem to be obsessed with finding an electrical outlet to charge up. That's because the lithium-ion batteries that power our smartphones, laptops, and other gadgets hav...

Researchers found four new particles made of the same four building blocks. It's quadruplets! Syracuse University researchers on the LHCb experiment confirmed the existence of a new four-quark particle and serendipitousl...