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(Phys.org)--Researchers have discovered that the solutions to a famous mathematical function called the Riemann zeta function correspond to the solutions of another, different kind of function that may make it easier to ...

The space agency just announced the recipients of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, which kickstarts researchers' so-crazy-it-just-might-work ideas

When DNA is hit with ultraviolet light, it can lose excess energy from radiation by ejecting the core of a hydrogen atom -- a single proton -- to keep other chemical bonds in the system from breaking. To gain insight int...

Adidas just announced they're partnering with 3D printing company Carbon to mass-produce a line of shoes with 3D printed mid-soles (the spongy bit that cushions your foot). Called Futurecraft 4D, they aim to make 5,000 p...

A pair of 13,000-year-old front teeth show that ancient dentists used bitumen mixed in with plants and hairs to create rudimentary fillings

A team of scientists from Australia, Belgium, Italy and the UK have demonstrated how ocean winds can generate spontaneous rogue waves, the first step to predicting the potentially dangerous phenomena.

Using computational tools inspired by financial math models developed to predict changes in stock prices, researchers were able to accurately predict how different properties of the HIV surface protein (Env) evolved in t...

Neurons derived from two different types of precursor cells that later develop into neurons in the medial amygdala -- one of the interconnected structures in the brain involved in emotion, motivation and memory -- help t...

A team of immunologists has discovered how a set of proteins delays the 'executioner' machinery that kills damaged or infected cells in a process called necroptosis. The scientists believe the finding may have wide clini...

Models suggest Mars should be up to twice the mass of Earth, but it's only one-tenth that, and Jupiter's effects on the nascent solar system could be to blame

Here is the science behind sarin, a highly poisonous chemical that interferes with signaling within the nervous system.

Cancer commandeers immature immune cells to aid its spread, report scientists. More typically, immature immune cells might help us fight cancer, but scientists have now shown cancer can commandeer the cells to help it sp...

In a study of nearly 9500 individuals aged 65 and older who did not need help in managing medications or finances, many needed assistance as time went on.

An off-Earth economy cannot truly take off unless moon miners and other pioneering entrepreneurs are able to operate in a safe and stable environment, and it will likely fall to the US Air Force to provide that environme...

Atlantic puffins migrate solo, but keep to the same route as their mates.

For the first time, researchers have detected an atmosphere around a planet just a little bit larger than Earth outside the solar system.

A bioactive foam that can be used to replace skull bone lost to injury, surgery, or birth defect is currently under development, report scientists.

A surgical procedure called deep brain stimulation that sends electrical impulses to a specific area of the brain reduces the 'tics,' or involuntary movements and vocal outbursts, experienced by young adults with severe ...

Omalizumab is shown to be effective in treating inducible urticaria, report scientists in a new report. Two separate clinical studies have shown the drug's active substance to be highly effective against different types ...

New research reveals that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) increases glucose metabolism in muscles as well as insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes. After just a two-week training period, the glucose uptake in th...

Researchers have discovered a protein they believe would help make vaccinations more effective and provide protection from other diseases such as cancer. The finding allows for greater understanding of how vaccine enhanc...

The Arctic is undergoing an astonishingly rapid transition as climate change overwhelms the region.