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Quantum computers finally seem to be coming of age with promises of "quantum supremacy" by the end of the year. But there's a problem--very few people know how to work them. The bold claim of achieving "quantum supremacy...

(National University of Singapore) Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore at the National University of Singapore have described, for the first time, how plastin, an actin-bundling protein, acts as a mo...

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated a new level of optical isolation necessary to advance on-chip optical signal processing. The technique involving light-sound interaction c...

A new large-scale genetic study found that low body mass index (BMI) is likely not a causal risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, as earlier research had suggested.

Vitamin D supplementation is unlikely to reduce the risk of asthma in children or adults, atopic dermatitis, or allergies according to a new study.

Older adults who have been hospitalized for injuries from an assault are more likely to experience subsequent physical abuse if they are female, widowed, diagnosed with dementia, or return home to live with the perpetrat...

Researchers have explored the discomfort felt in a situation that requires functional intimacy. The study presents a novel point of view for both service providers and service recipients.

Researchers have shown that recently-made violins have better sound projection than those built by the famous violinmaker Antonio Stradivarius. This study also shows that, despite the prestige of these old Italian violin...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are exploring how molecular simulations with the latest optimization strategies can create a more systematic way of discovering new materials that exhibit specific, desire...

The Trump administration has dismissed several scientists from the advisory board of the US Environmental Protection Agency and may replace them with people from industry

Most of the new drugs approved by the FDA since 2010 arose from basic scientific research that was initiated in the 1970s or 1980s, a new study has found. The analysis shows that development of new targeted and biologica...

An international team has developed a unique computational model to project the spread of the seasonal flu in real time. It uses posts on Twitter in combination with key parameters of each season's epidemic, including th...

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is 50 times more potent than heroin. Even a tiny amount inhaled or absorbed through the skin can be extremely dangerous or deadly. Researchers have demonstrated how trace detection technolog...

Malaria is a global killer and a world health concern. But while millions of dollars are spent each year searching for innovative health solutions, new research suggests part of the answer may begin with mothers in the c...

Researchers have found that for drugs approved between 2001 and 2010, nearly 1 in 3 had a postmarket safety event.

Nearly one in two seniors in Ontario who visited a family doctor for a non-bacterial infection received an unnecessary antibiotic prescription, according to a new study.

Researchers have synthesize over 15 years of theoretical and empirical findings from long-term study of the Tsimane forager-farmers. In they find productivity and social status peak long after physical strength.

Certain blood vessels in the brainstem constrict when blood vessels elsewhere in the body would dilate. And that contrary behavior is what keeps us breathing, according to a new article.

Researchers in the United Kingdom say they plan to conduct the first rigorous scientific study on the effectiveness of microdosing.

Will artificial intelligence "destroy humanity?" Probably not. But I am concerned that AI and robotics will massively impact the future of work. McKinsey & Co. predicts that 45 percent of jobs today will be automated out...

Fossils discovered in rocks in a hot, arid region of Australia raise hopes that we could find evidence of past life on Mars - if it ever existed

The creature fossilised as it was breaking out of its huge egg. It would have looked like an overgrown cassowary eight metres long and weighing three tons