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An epigenetic calculator can assess a man's sperm, guessing how old he is, and revealing how badly smoking may have damaged his gonads

Today, the LHC is getting a taste of something unusual. For eight hours, the Large Hadron Collider is accelerating and colliding xenon nuclei, allowing the large LHC experiments, ATLAS, ALICE, CMS and LHCb, to record xen...

Recently, a reader by the name of Robert wrote in with a fun question that has an even more fun answer: I'm trying to find a material that acts like a liquid under high pressures, but also acts as a solid at low pressure...

The question of who a driverless car should save in an accident is a thorny one. Letting car owners choose for themselves could be an easy way out

A new study offers important insights into possible links between sleep and hunger.

Scientists have developed a molecular model that may provide a new framework for improving the design of osteoporosis treatments.

A new study indicates that certain genetic changes are linked with an increased risk of developing lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the open spaces in the lower spine that can lead to pain in the legs when individu...

Harvey Weinstein is being treated for sex addiction, but many health professionals say it isn't a real illness and addiction-style therapy doesn't help

A new method that precisely measures the mysterious behavior and magnetic properties of electrons flowing across the surface of quantum materials could open a path to next-generation electronics.

Researchers have developed a system that can display the movements of our own tongues in real time. These movements are processed by a machine learning algorithm that controls an 'articulatory talking head.' This avatar ...

A new study finds that patients who undergo a neurosurgical procedure with surgical start times between 9 pm and 7 am are at an increased risk of developing complications compared to patients with a surgical start time e...

Psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in magic mushrooms, may help re-set the activity of neural circuits in the brain that are involved in depression

There aren't enough people with the skills to defend computer systems, so a training platform is looking beyond techies

A nine-year joint research project has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer research. Scientists have clarified how the Warburg effect, a phenomenon in which cancer cells rapidly break down sugars, stimulates tumor gr...

Researchers have outlined a 3-D atomic structure of the ion channel found in mammals that is implicated in a rare, inherited neurodegenerative disease in humans.

Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it caused a severe bird die-off, mainly of blackbirds. The virus was active in the eastern part of Austria until 2005, killing many...

For 10 days, scientists posted signs at the bottom of a set of airport stairs and escalators encouraging them to take the stairs. They found when the signs were present, people were about twice as likely to use the stair...

Polymers are materials made of long, repeating chains of molecules. There are natural and synthetic polymers, including proteins and rubber, and glass and epoxies.

A rare sighting of a chimpanzee birth ended in infanticide and cannibalism - and probably explains why new mothers often go into hiding for weeks or months

A team of researchers used simulations and X-rays to conclude that disordered proteins remain unfolded and expanded as they float loose in the cytoplasm of a cell. The answer affects how we envision the movement of a pro...

If the standard supplementation of 400 IUs of vitamin D is increased to 800 IUs daily there are reductions in the number of premature and preterm babies with extremely low bone density, new research has found.

Researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's disease. In the brain tissue of Alzheimer's patients, the RNAs that encode synaptic pr...