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The solubility of any given substance--the measure of how well the substance dissolves into another substance referred to as the solvent--depends on basic properties like temperature and pressure, as well as the chemical...

A cell's plasma membrane forms a protective barrier, separating its inner contents from the outside environment. There is a pressing need to better understand the complex lipid bilayer that makes up this membrane, which ...

High-temperature superconductivity offers perfect conveyance of electricity, but it does so at the price of extreme cold and an ever-elusive mechanism. If understood, scientists might push superconductivity into warmer t...

The world's oldest sloth, and the last one living in Australia, has died at the Adelaide Zoo.

Scientists are developing metrics to identify the health markers for old age in the roundworm, C. elegans, a popular model in aging research. Their research provides insight into the tradeoffs between lifespan and health...

Scientists have determined which characteristics of an arm movement influence the subjective effort associated with this movement. They found that duration, biomechanics and force had an influence on the effort, while mo...

Digital games can effectively teach refugee children much-needed skills -- including a new language, cognitive skills, and coding -- while also improving their mental health, finds new research.

Caregiving is a significant public health topic because it affects the health and well-being of both the older adult and his or her caregivers. Recently, a team of researchers examined the various characteristics of peop...

Researchers report that cancer cells appear to communicate to other cancer cells, activating an internal mechanism that boosts resistance to common chemotherapies and promotes tumor survival.

Mechanical thrombectomy, which is an endovascular treatment to remove a stroke-causing blood clot in the brain, is effective in some patients even when performed within 6 to 24 hours after a stroke, results of an interna...

Social media content combined with other sources of health information in a unique way has helped researchers understanding how people use language to communicate health needs.

Scientists who study obesity, diabetes or other metabolic diseases can now better account for inherent sex differences in research, explains a new report.

Two new studies of neurodegenerative diseases linked to mitochondrial defects offer hope for developing a new biomarker for research and diagnostics, and a drug for treating such diseases.

Scientists have identified different types of neurons in a brain region called the reticular thalamus. A better understanding of these cells could eventually help explain how both seizures and certain psychiatric disorde...

Despite many studies looking at which bread is the healthiest, it is still not clear what effect bread and differences among bread types have on clinically relevant parameters and on the microbiome. Researchers report th...

Will you get intoxicated by pouring beer or wine into your sauce or stew? This question is important if you are pregnant, have to drive a car or want to track calories. New research creates a model for how alcohol disapp...

The customary pembrolizumab dose for treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer may be higher than is needed for effective treatment, conclude researchers.

A new method efficiently grows human astrocytes in a dish, advancing studies of stroke, Alzheimer's and depression.

Children born to women who had gestational diabetes and drank at least one artificially sweetened beverage per day during pregnancy were more likely to be overweight or obese at age 7, compared to children born to women ...

A new vaccine against an opioid is the first to pass this stage of preclinical testing, report scientists in a new report.

Scientists shed light on the neurological consequences of exposure to low-levels of nerve agents and suggest a drug that could treat some of the toxins' effects.

Stars orbiting the supermassive black hole have been used to test Einstein's famous theory for the first time, with no sign found of a fifth fundamental force