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In the U.K., a long-standing national habit of feeding wild birds is changing the shape of certain species' beaks.

(Boston College) Researchers from Boston College and Harvard report creating a metal oxide with a honeycomb lattice that scientists have sought to advance quantum computing research.

You may associate butterfly wings more closely with pop culture and chaos theory than with cutting-edge materials science, but the delicate wings have a lot more to offer than the plot of sci-fi movies. In new research p...

(Chalmers University of Technology) Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the Technical University of Denmark have developed a method that makes it possible to map the individual responses of nanoparticles...

By pairing an anti-EGFR drug with a 'tail' that only activates the drug when it is very near tumor cells, tarloxitinib brings the drug to tumors while keeping concentrations safe in surrounding tissues, new research sugg...

Triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood, are important for good health. But having high triglycerides might increase a person's risk of heart disease, and may be a sign of metabolic syndrome.

About a quarter of adults whose marijuana use is problematic in early adulthood have anxiety disorders in childhood and late adolescence, according to new data.

Hangzhou's smart city project optimises the city by tracking each citizen - and it's been so successful that the concept is set to be exported around the world

Cross sections tell physicists how likely particles are to interact in a given way. Imagine two billiard balls rolling toward one another. The likelihood of a collision depends on easy-to-grasp concepts: How big are they...

In fairy tales, all it takes to transform a frog into a prince or a mouse into a horse is the wave of a magic wand. But in the real world, transforming one living thing into another isn't so easy. A new paper grounded in...

A new study explores the genetic legacy of ancient trysts between Neanderthals and the ancestors of modern humans, with a focus on Western Asia, the region where the first relations may have occurred.

Any amount of alcohol exposure during pregnancy can cause extreme lasting effects on a child, according to new research.

On Mars oxygen and fuel are in short supply, but there might be a way to make both from carbon dioxide in the air

Arsenic in drinking water may have one of the longest dormancy periods of any carcinogen. By tracking the mortality rates of people exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water in a region in Chile, the researchers pro...

Emory geneticists have been studying methylation of the DNA letter A (adenine). It appears more in the mouse brain under conditions of stress, and may have a role in neuropsychiatric disorders.

Scientists performed tests with particles from forest and crop fires in the Amazon. Not only did they induce inflammation, oxidative stress and genetic damage in human lung cells, but they also drove one-third of the cul...

The artificial intelligence can solve the "cocktail party problem" with 90 percent accuracy and will soon be installed in public places

What role do genes play in egg, milk, and nut allergies? Scientists have found five genetic risk loci that point to the importance of skin and mucous membrane barriers and the immune system in the development of food all...

Using data from blood and brain tissue, a team led by researchers found that they could gain insights into mechanisms that might help explain autism by analyzing the interplay between genes and chemical tags that control...

Two studies compare certain outcomes of robotic-assisted vs. laparoscopic surgery for kidney removal or rectal cancer.

In recent decades we've seen the rise of an emerging interdisciplinary field that brings together neuroscientists and educators. As technologies like brain mapping and scanning continue to advance our understanding of th...

Teenagers who do not access healthcare when needed are at greater risk of dropping out of high school. Dropouts are more likely to have combinations of the following traits: low conscientiousness, neuroticism and introve...