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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed new mathematical techniques to advance the study of molecules at the quantum level.

In the absence of CA2 activity, mice experience epilepsy-like activity, a sign that this area is essential for regulating the balance of excitation and inhibition in the brain. A silenced CA2 region has broader implicati...

A researcher has uncovered the M.O. of a mysterious molecule called SPRIGHTLY that acts as a hub for cancer-related genes in the nucleus. The study identified 'major' RNA binding partners -- genes already implicated in a...

Using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or LAMP, researchers found that they could easily detect Zika virus in human and mosquito samples from the United States, Brazil and Nicaragua.

WHICH countries have the best wildlife-conservation records? That was the question posed by a group of biologists led by Peter Lindsey of the University of Pretoria, in South Africa. Their conclusions, just published in ...

Grimaces and squints can mean a baby is in pain, but can also be signs hunger. Now a single electrode device can tell what a baby's really feeling

The first experimental result has been published from the newly upgraded Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The result...

Congress' new spending deal will keep funding for science mostly flat for the rest of 2017 despite extreme cuts proposed by Donald Trump earlier this year

Signatures of extra dimensions that don't normally affect the four dimensions we can observe could show up in the way they warp ripples in space-time

A potentially fatal battle between the immune cells of a blood marrow donor and a recipient seems to kill off any HIV as a side effect

Proton collisions in the Large Hadron Collider often result in the production of "jets" of particles. These jets are a key element in the measurement of many processes, such as the decays of Higgs bosons or other exotic ...

The US president's executive order seeking to overturn a ban on fossil fuel exploration in Arctic waters is unsafe and irresponsible, says Owen Gaffney

Observations from the Juno spacecraft are confounding astronomers with revelations about the weather and magnetism of our solar system's biggest planet

Abnormal oscillations in neurons that control movement, which likely cause the tremors that characterize Parkinson's disease, have long been reported in patients with the disease. Now, researchers working with stem cells...

Doxycycline, an antibiotic used for over half a century against bacterial infections, can be prescribed at lower doses for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, say researchers.

As children with single-ventricle disease, a complex and severe heart defect, undergo a series of three reconstructive surgeries, pediatric researchers have detected higher rates of brain abnormalities at each stage. The...

The most comprehensive international analysis on artemisinin combination antimalarials safety in pregnancy has now been released by researchers. Malaria is more common and severe in pregnant women, increasing their risk ...

Bioengineers have developed a 'hand that sees' which is able to reach for and grasp objects automatically, responding ten times quicker than current prosthetics.

Tourette disorder afflicts as many as one person in a hundred worldwide with potentially disabling symptoms including involuntary motor and vocal tics. However, researchers have so far failed to determine the cause of th...

Scientists have announced two major findings that further our understanding of how stem cells become organs: the ability to grow and purify the earliest lung progenitors that emerge from human stem cells, and the ability...

Detailed images of chemical signaling in the brain may shed light on neurodegenerative disease processes, report scientists.

It's not often that a fall saves someone's life. Helen Powell, 74, says that was the case for her. A computerized tomography scan that followed her fall revealed a cancerous brain tumor that led her to surgery using firs...