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There is remarkable biodiversity in all but the most extreme ecosystems on Earth. When many species are competing for the same finite resource, a theory called competitive exclusion suggests one species will outperform t...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that quantum physics might enable communications and mapping in locations where GPS and ordinary cellphones and radios don't work...

A study to be published in eNeuro reports scheduled feeding times improved motor activity, sleep quality and quality of life in mouse models of Huntington's disease.

Lancaster University researchers report a drug developed to treat diabetes shows promise in reversing memory loss associated with Alzheimer's in mouse models of the disease. The drug appears to have a neuroprotective eff...

A new neuroimaging study reveals pericytes, a type of cell found in the brain's blood vessels, grow to compensate for the loss of neighboring cells.

Physics could soon make it possible to replace those bulky, heavy, glass lenses on the front of cameras with wafer-thin "metalenses."

Researchers have discovered a new biomarker that can help diagnose Huntington's disease. They note the findings could result in the development of treatments to postpone neuron death in those who carry the Huntington's g...

Few will deny 2017 was a rough year. But believe it or not, we're still living in the best time ever to be alive, and the world as a whole is better off than it has been at any other time in human history. People are liv...

It already has a booming marijuana industry, and on 1 January, California became the sixth US state to make marijuana legally available for recreational use

Umea University researchers report stress related changes in the CRH gene is linked to an increased risk of suicidal ideations in adults and psychiatric illness in teens.

A secret Pentagon UFO program is only the most recent in decades of work by the U.S. government looking into the unexplained. Below is a list of many of the government's programs, as well as a mention of countries that a...

A new study in Neuron reports a simple, new neuroimaging technique has revealed a correlation between how well a person's brain regions are connected and intelligence.

The 1,800-year-old temple was dedicated to the god Mithras.

2018 is almost upon us. We thought it would be a good time to take a look back at some of the most popular Neuroscience News stories of 2017.

Fred Harvey employed a group of young women who became known as the Harvey Girls to provide service for those train travelers expanding into the American West.

Tsubame will take high-resolution images of Earth and measure oxygen levels and has been designed to orbit at an altitude of just 180 kilometres

Stuck indoors while the Polar Vortex sends temperatures plummeting? Try these science experiments that are perfect for the frigid weather.

Death from lightning strike hit a record low in 2017 in the United States, according to a new report.

Despite people's concerted efforts, obesity is at its highest level ever. Here's why.

(University of Illinois College of Engineering) Researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have shed new light on a fundamental question in ecology, b...

(University of Akron) The mechanism behind these tiny rainbows may inspire new color technology, but wouldn't have been discovered without research combining basic natural history with physics and engineering. These supe...

(Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) The three domains of life -- archaea, bacteria, and eukarya -- may have more in common than previously thought. Over the past several years, Harvard re...