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It is one of the top 10 deadliest diseases in the United States, and it cannot be cured or prevented. But new studies are finding ways to diagnose Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages, while some of the latest rese...

A team of Irish scientists has discovered that applying pressure to a protein found in egg whites and tears can generate electricity. The researchers from the Bernal Institute, University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, obser...

(Tokyo Institute of Technology) Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have discovered superconductivity in thin films of titanium oxide (Ti4O7) and gamma-phase trititanium pentoxide (γ-Ti3O5). The ...

Two major studies argue that life arose on Earth very soon after it formed, but both have already come in for heavy criticism

It's here, ladies and gentlemen! The biggest week of the year for the recognition of "boons to mankind"--the annual announcement of the Nobel prizes--kicked off today with the awarding of the medal for physiology/medicin...

Several artificial tissues manufactured at University College London were not produced to accepted quality standards but were transplanted into people

A group of children is aiming to take 47 nations to court over links between climate change and forest fires. Science is on their side, says Richard Schiffman

Some bottlenose dolphins cooperate with Brazilian fishers, probably for mutual benefit, and these animals don't whistle like others in their group

The dwarf planet Ceres is dappled with mysterious bright splotches. Their make-up varies with location, but they may all come from the same process

Forget editing embryos. We're nearly ready to use CRISPR to change DNA inside our own bodies to treat many disorders, from hepatitis B to muscular dystrophy

The weather forecast for the coastal city of Tampico Mexico on Sept. 28 may have called for light rain; instead, it got light rain with a side of fish.

Researchers have--for just a fraction of a second--glimpsed an electron's-eye view of the world. That is, they have succeeded for the first time in tracking an electron leaving the vicinity of an atom as the atom absorbs...

Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical and other photonic devices based on organic thin films. Often used in cancer treatments and health monitoring, thin films have all the capa...

Many of us are familiar with titanium dioxide (TiO2), a whitener commonly used in sunscreens and paints such as the white lines seen on tennis courts. Less well known are other higher titanium oxides--those with a higher...

If you've ever had a concussion, you may have heard that you should take it easy for two weeks or so before easing back into your regular activities.

(Phys.org)--Physicists have shown that superconducting circuits--circuits that have zero electrical resistance--can function as piston-like mechanical quantum engines. The new perspective may help researchers design quan...

Plastic made the mass migration possible.

Phenomena involving surface tension are extremely complex and have applications in our everyday lives, and OIST researchers are tackling the complicated mathematics behind the physics.

Scientists who uncovered how genes build cellular body clocks and keep a 24-hour rhythm have been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

A jaguar ambushes a giant jacare caiman high up on the Three Brothers River in the Pantanal in Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Sept. 26, 2017.

With a skull-piercing bite, a jaguar makes a caiman into a meal.

Here's a look at past winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine.