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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a less expensive and more efficient way of controlling x-ray beams used to study the intricate details of batteries, sola...

When our cells' acid-alkaline balance goes wrong, it can go wrong in a big way -- think cancer and cystic fibrosis. New fluorescent probes make it easier to detect pH and sweetened the deal by adding sugar to his acid-se...

Investigators at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new sensor array-based instrument that offers ultra-low noise detection of small amounts...

Researchers analyzed blood samples from patients affected by an autoimmune disease that affects the mucous membranes and moisture-secreting glands of the eyes and mouth, and found that these patients have a significant i...

The broadcaster had tough questions for Al Gore and then gave space to false claims of a prominent climate sceptic. This is a recipe for spreading misinformation

In quantum mechanics particles can behave as waves and take many paths through an experiment. It requires only combinations of pairs of paths, rather than three or more, to determine the probability for a particle to arr...

Specially designed plastic films can prevent bacterial contamination in the food and biomedical industries, according to new research.

Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the way it removes cholesterol from the body, according to researchers.

For decades, women have been encouraged to give birth naturally - that means avoiding all medicines and interventions. Now the Royal College of Midwives is changing its position

Today is the last day to order solar eclipse glasses from Amazon in order to get them on time for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse.

Video analysis shows that it only takes piglets 8 hours to learn to gain full control over their limbs, allowing them to walk as confidently as adult pigs

President Trump plans to declare the opioid crisis an emergency after all, a move that should free up funds. But how much, and how they'll be used, is unclear

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses powerful magnets to realign a body's atoms, which creates a magnetic field that a scanner uses to create a detailed image of the body.

Boating through choppy waters can be an exciting but physically exhausting experience. Now researchers at Utah State University's Splash Lab are taking steps toward the design of an inflatable speedboat that absorbs wave...

Manufacturing productivity has been on a tear. It's nearly doubled versus construction productivity over the last couple decades. Ever wonder why? I do. And at the heart of the answer is the increasing use of programmabl...

Goldfish and crucian carp have evolved enzymes that turn carbohydrates into alcohol when no oxygen is available - helping the fish survive in ice-locked pools

Bizarre reports claim that U.S. workers at the embassy in Havana were made ill by a covert sonic device, but how exactly would such a sonic weapon work?

Sophisticated network analysis means finding relationships that often aren't easy to see. A network may have many layers--corresponding to different types of relationships in a social network, for example--but traditiona...

The origin, development, and characteristics of two types of testicular macrophage have been described. To elucidate the nature of these immune cells, the researchers used a novel cell tracing method. Their findings are ...

Mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase N2 (PTPN2) have been associated with the development of autoimmune disease including Type 1 diabetes, Crohn's Disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

(Phys.org)--For the first time, physicists have demonstrated that clients who possess only classical computers--and no quantum devices--can outsource computing tasks to quantum servers that perform blind quantum computin...

A shock front is usually considered as a simple discontinuity in density or pressure. Yet in strongly shocked gases, the atoms are ionized into electrons and ions. The large difference in the electron pressure across the...