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Integrated silicon photonics incorporates microelectronics and optoelectronics, a combination expected to revolutionize a variety of fields such as communication, sensing, lighting, displays, imaging and detection. Silic...

THE human sense of smell is weak. That is well known, and is suspected by many anthropologists of being the result of a trade-off in the primate brain in favour of visual processing power. In the specific case of people,...

Researchers have developed the first instrument that can provide a detailed image of the entire eye. By incorporating a lens that changes optical parameters in response to an electric current, the innovative technology c...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) By powering a DNA nanorobotic arm with electric fields, scientists have achieved precise nano-scale movement that is at least five orders of magnitude faster than pre...

The ProtoDUNE detectors for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment are behemoths in their own right. In one sense, the two ProtoDUNE detectors are small. As prototypes of the much larger planned Deep Underground Neutri...

Movement could be an accurate biomarker for the diagnosis of autism, researchers report.

University of Basel bioethicists have outlined a new biosecurity framework for neurotechnology. They call for regulations to protect the mental privacy and integrity of those the technologies are used on.

Red giant stars may be tricking us into thinking they have planets when they don't. Instead, sunspots or atmospheric ripples might be distorting their light

Researchers report the size of the pupil fluctuates during sleep. The findings may indicate that pupil size can indicate specific sleep states.

Researchers report neurons in mice with a genetic defect that causes Fragile X are similar to those in mice without the syndrome, but fail to interact correctly. This failure results in the cognitive impairment associate...

Seeing bare tree branches silhouetted against a sunset sky is one of the best things about winter. Bereft of leaves, the trees reveal their intricate skeletons--almost fractal, reminiscent of neurons, or the network of b...

Trump's pick to head NASA may soon be confirmed. The US President has said he wants the space agency to focus on a mission to the moon

This year's flu season is off to a killer start -- literally.

Stanford researchers report it's not just your DNA that influences your educational achievement. The genetics of others in your social circle also influences how far you go in school.

University of Washington researchers report activity in the somatosensory cortex for both felt and observed touch demonstrates 7 month old babies can make a basic connection between self and others.

A small set of hippocampal neurons activate for each episodic memory, a new PNAS study reports.

Most people are much better at identifying colours than smells, but one group of hunter-gatherers from the Malay Peninsula shows the opposite pattern

The slick of oil condensate from a stricken tanker in the East China Sea is a threat to all marine life, not least because it is invisible

An experiment based on the International Space Station has turned up new results about the shape and character of mysterious cosmic rays.

When? This is probably the question that futurists, AI experts, and even people with a keen interest in technology dread the most. It has proved famously difficult to predict when new developments in AI will take place. ...

An "inflammatory diet" may increase a person's risk of colorectal cancer, a new study suggests.

When the sun expands and engulfs Earth, our planet's ashes will brighten the sun and spin it faster. We might be able to watch this happen across the universe