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The earliest internet was built by the military, designed to help scientists around the nation gain access to those rare room-sized computers located at MIT, Stanford, and a few key institutions. Use of the early ARPAnet...

Although not a full-blown quantum computer, the simulator could be used to study the interactions between atoms

A theory about gravity challenges our understanding of the universe. For millennia, humans held a beautiful belief. Our planet, Earth, was at the center of a vast universe, and all of the planets and stars and celestial ...

Scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and international collaborators have developed a new type of optical fiber that has an extremely large core diameter and preserves the coherent proper...

(University of Cambridge) Researchers have demonstrated how a non-toxic alternative to lead could form the basis of next-generation solar cells.

(University of California - Santa Cruz) UC Santa Cruz astrobiologists David Deamer and Bruce Damer hypothesize that life began not in the sea, but on land.

Children born extremely premature to women who are overweight or obese before the pregnancy are at an increased risk for low scores on tests of intelligence and cognitive processes that influence self-regulation and cont...

Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases. But a patient's experience with such devices is rarely a comfortable one. Engineers have des...

Fear of being arrested still undercuts an Indiana law that shields anyone who administers naloxone from criminal charges, according to a survey. Naloxone is a lifesaving emergency antidote for opioid overdose.

A new report proposes a strategy that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should use to evaluate the evidence of adverse human health effects from low doses of exposure to chemicals that can disrupt the endocrin...

New findings shed light on what patients value about having access to their visit notes and being invited to participate more actively in the safety of their care.

Where do your eyes linger when judging a person for potential friendship? New research shows that people observe the body differently when assessing friends versus mates.

Laboratory equipment is one of the largest cost factors in neuroscience. However, many experiments can be performed with good results using self-assembled setups involving 3-D printed components and self-programmed elect...

The absence of a father -- due to incarceration, death, separation or divorce -- has adverse physical and behavioral consequences for a growing child. But little is known about the biological processes that underlie this...

Whey protein supplements aren't just for gym buffs according to new research. When taken on a regular basis, a combination of these and other ingredients in a ready-to-drink formula have been found to greatly improve the...

Scientists are aiming to improve outcomes for patients who have suffered a traumatic injury.

Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the kidneys may actually be damaging the organs, new research suggests.

Chemical compounds called cannabinoids are found in marijuana and also are produced naturally in the body from omega-3 fatty acids. A well-known cannabinoid in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, is responsible for some of ...

Two cell types work together to protect pancreatic tumors from destruction by the immune system. But, blocking this partnership may restore the system's ability to attack these same tumor cells, report scientists.

Variants of a gene thought to be linked to longevity appear to influence aging into the 90s, but do not appear to affect exceptional longevity, or aging over 100, a new study has found.

The first large-scale genetic study of Escherichia coli (E. coli) cultured from patients with bloodstream infections in England showed that drug resistant 'superbugs' don't always out-compete other strains. Research has ...

Research reveals the presence of a blueprint for the complex visual system already present at birth. The observations shed light on a long-standing mystery about how and when certain cardinal features of the visual syste...