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(Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) Early-life stress has been shown to impair learning and memory in later life, but new research, published online in The FASEB Journal, suggests that improved nu...

The warming of the Arctic is affecting the jet stream winds, bringing more cold snaps that persist for longer to the UK and US

Hundreds of researchers in a collaborative project called “It from Qubit” say space and time may spring up from the quantum entanglement of tiny bits of information --

A pathway essential to heart formation has now been discovered by scientists. In addition, in the process, they have unveiled a mechanism that may explain how some previously puzzling segments of the genome work.

Yes, money can lead to happiness, but how much debt one has should also be considered in the money-happiness equation, according to a new a study.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated in mice that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (NPC1). The gene therapy involved inserti...

Children from urban areas of New York City who engaged in vigorous daily exercise had greater exposure to black carbon, a traffic-related pollutant, than children who were less active, according researchers.

School-based dental sealant programs, in which students receive preventative oral care while at school, are cost-effective in protecting at-risk children's permanent teeth from decay, new research findings demonstrate.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently announced a $3 billion effort to cure all disease during the lifetime of their daughter, Max. Earlier this year, Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker donated $250 ...

Scientists have found a way to produce realistic sensations of touch in two human amputees by directly stimulating the nervous system.

The value of sanitation at reducing child mortality in many low income countries has been substantially underestimated, according to recent research.

Receiving ultrasound after surgery to repair a fractured tibia (shinbone) does not accelerate healing or improve functional recovery compared with sham treatment, finds a trial.

Mature fat cells produce a hormone that regulates the differentiation of nearby stem cells in response to glucocorticoid hormones and high-fat diets, researchers have found.

More than 40 million people worldwide are blind, and many of them reach this condition after many years of slow and progressive retinal degeneration. The development of sophisticated prostheses or new light-responsive el...

Cave lion bones found near prehistoric huts in the La Garma cave in Spain show evidence of being skinned for fur, which the early humans seem to have used as roofs

A single dose of dextrose gel, rubbed inside a newborn's mouth an hour after birth, can lower their risk of developing neonatal hypoglycaemia, according to a randomized study. The study, designed to investigate the optim...

In the world of big data, there are limitations on how to store large volumes of information. Typical home-computer hard disk drives consume a lot of power and are limited to a few terabytes per drive. Optical storage me...

Using a head-up display and a cap that reads brain activity, for the first time three people with spinal injury have controlled a robot and seen what it sees

The next generation of Post-it notes, bitcoin bets on the US election, and souping up your car to take you for a spin

Drug research has got so hooked on working with genetically modified animals that it has lost touch with human disease

Scans reveal that as we tell more and more fibs, our brains become desensitised to lying, allowing dishonesty to snowball

Cities are battling to meet legal standards for air pollution, but even that isn't enough to make air safe, says Michael Le Page