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What happens when you combine the pure tones of an internationally renowned mezzo soprano and the complex technology of a $15million quantum supercomputer?

A gene associated with Alzheimer's disease and recovery after brain injury may show its effects on the brain and thinking skills as early as childhood, according to a new study.

Proponents of clean energy will soon have a new source to add to their existing array of solar, wind, and hydropower: osmotic power. Or more specifically, energy generated by a natural phenomenon occurring when fresh wat...

An American national initiative aimed to prioritize research in studying the prevalence and mechanisms of venous thrombosis in cancer patients.

A new study is reviving hope that the approach also may help men with life-threatening prostate cancer.It is a surprising turnaround because prior results in men with aggressive, advanced-stage prostate cancer showed no ...

A new study is the first systematic literature review to examine the entire field of interventions designed to reduce low-value care. It also outlines which strategies are potentially the most effective in improving care...

UC Irvine Professor Jonathan Feng,who has recently made a splash withhis new theory postulating a fifthfundamental force.Image Credit: J. Feng, UC Irvine In the most widely-accepted description of the rules that govern ...

Differences in circadian blood pressure variation due to a combination of genetic and cultural factors may contribute to ethnic differences in cardiovascular morbidity, according to new research.

A new study is helping researchers better understand how post-traumatic stress disorder fluctuates in students during their first year of college.

While measuring brain activity with magnetic resonance imaging during blood pressure trials, researchers found that men and women had opposite responses in the right front of the insular cortex, a part of the brain integ...

A previously unknown interaction between metabolic pathways in two different tissues within the C.elegans roundworm triggers a key step in maturation, scientists have discovered.

Neuroscientists are studying a unique gene that expresses two proteins, one that is necessary for life and another, that when mutated causes a neurodegenerative disease called spinocerebellar ataxia type 6, have develope...

The majority of cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are unknown. Now researchers have created a "mini-brain" model, derived from persons with a particular form of idiopathic ASD characterized by over-sized brains, re...

The immune system affects -- and even controls -- social behavior, a new study has found. Researchers discovered that blocking a single type of immune molecule made mouse brains go hyperactive and caused abnormal behavio...

DNA codes for life as we know it, but in recent years, scientists have discovered more uses for the molecule. Because DNA is foldable and "sticky," they've begun making microscopic shapes called DNA origami. Over the las...

A new species of dinosaur, Gualicho shinya, had tiny arms like T. rex despite coming from a separate continent, suggesting this feature evolved for a reason

When politics is dominated by insults and fear, it taps into primitive value systems and minds struggling with a fast-changing world, says James Hoggan

New European Union rules will allow ordinary people to challenge the algorithms that run our lives, but the sheer complexity of computing will be an obstacle

The hype around artificial intelligence is building - but we don't yet know if it will fulfil its potential, says Sally Adee

Efforts to turn everyday drugs into cancer treatments bring a glimmer of hope, but dangers of hype too

As the world prepares to watch the Summer Olympics' track and field events in Rio, it will come as no surprise that the runners in each race travel in the same direction around the track. But new research shows that if t...

The unexpected discovery of self-folding abilities in graphene suggests we're closer to making the single-atom sheets into useful electronic components