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Physicist Sam Lazerson of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has teamed with German scientists to confirm that the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) fusion energy device called a stella...

Inside a new exotic crystal, physicist Martin Mourigal has observed strong indications of "spooky" action, and lots of it. The results of his experiments, if corroborated over time, would mean that the type of crystal is...

Are you a chortler? What about guffaws, giggles or hyena laughs? If you have the best laugh, whatever the joyful sound, it could end up getting turned into a 3D-printed sculpture sent into space.

On November 30th, for the first time, participants around the world took part in a unique worldwide experiment with the aim of testing the laws of quantum physics.

(Stockholm University) Stockholm University and NORDITA host this week an international workshop on axions and dark matter. Axions are hypothetical particles proposed by Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek who this year started...

A research team has confirmed expectations of higher healthcare utilization and costs with relapsed Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL).

Seven common moisturizers would be cost effective in preventing eczema in high-risk newborns, research shows. By using the cheapest moisturizer in the study (petroleum jelly), the cost benefit for prophylactic moisturiza...

Americans are split on getting an annual flu shot, with four out of 10 having done so in the past year and around half saying they had already received or were planning to get the vaccine this year, according to new nati...

Lunches served in the National School Lunch Program have higher nutritional quality than lunches brought from home, according to the largest comparison study conducted to date. The study involved nearly 4,000 elementary ...

A novel strategy has been developed to reprogram cells from one type to another in a more efficient and less biased manner than previous methods.

A team of researchers has developed technology that could improve the production of vaccines that protect people from influenza B.

Around the clock monitoring of blood pressure during daily activity revealed masked, or undetected, high blood pressure in a significant number of otherwise healthy adults who had normal readings in the clinic, report re...

The commercial spaceflight company sent its space plane, VSS Unity, for its first untethered test flight in two years, a step towards space tourism

C-sections mean that babies whose heads are too big or whose mothers' pelvises are too narrow, are able to survive - a fact that might be changing our species

Talitha, from Australia, writes:My boyfriend insists that if something moving fast underwater, the water wouldn't be able to move behind the object at the same speed and would create an air bubble. This doesn't seem righ...

Machines are only a reflection of culture - and a mix of linguistics and laziness encourages them to pick up our prejudices

An algorithm can predict drug recalls on the basis of internet searches made using Microsoft's Bing, and might help identify faulty batches

Indigenous people and environmentalists have won the latest battle in a long stand-off with companies over an oil pipeline going under a lake and through sacred sites

Researchers have discovered a possible explanation for a genetic error that causes over a dozen neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders.

Current approaches to dealing with burnouts in doctors on an individual case-by-case basis is not effective and the issue should instead be tackled with organization-wide initiatives, according to researchers.

Are you scared of artificial intelligence (AI)? Do you believe the warnings from folks like Prof. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others? Is AI the greatest tool humanity will ever create, or are we "summoning the demon"?...

Neuroscientists are currently working diligently to understand the dynamics of thousands of coupled neurons. Understanding how they operate requires accurate models. The trouble is that each of the existing neuroscience ...