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Physicists have extended one of the most prominent fluctuation theorems of classical stochastic thermodynamics, the Jarzynski equality, to quantum field theory. As quantum field theory is considered to be the most fundam...

Researchers report alcohol seeking behavior may be induced by altering the strength of synapses.

Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, a DOE Office of Science user facility operated by General Atomics, used a "reduced physics" fluid model of plasma turbulence to explain unexpected properties of the den...

People with a mutated ATF6 gene have a malformed or missing fovea, the eye region responsible for detailed vision. From birth, vision is severely limited, and there is no cure. Researchers were the first to link ATF6 to ...

A class of chemicals used in many industrial and consumer products was linked with greater weight gain after dieting, particularly among women, according to a new study. The chemicals -- perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)...

A new study has shown that a cancer-killing ('oncolytic') virus currently in clinical trials may function as a cancer vaccine -- in addition to killing some cancer cells directly, the virus alerts the immune system to th...

Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women could preprogram babies to grow into obese children and adults, according to a new study. Researchers found that 6-year-olds born to mothers with very low vitamin D levels during th...

Study could help explain how our cells deteriorate over time.

According to researchers, people with congenital heart defects have an increased risk of developing dementia later in life. Researchers report those born with congenital heart disease are 2.6 times more likely to develop...

International team of scientists shows that changes in gene expression in different tissues can be used to predict the time of death of individuals. Their results may have implications for forensic analyses.

A new method enables an average biochemistry laboratory to make its own gene sequences for only about $2 per gene, a process that previously would require its researchers to pay a commercial vendor $50 to $100 per gene. ...

A new study reports those with alcohol use disorders have a decrease in glutamate levels in the brain when shown cues associated with drinking.

The opioid crisis may have crossed the Atlantic, with signs that opioid painkillers are prescribed more in England in socially-deprived areas in the north

Researchers report connections between the hippocampus and a specific type of neuron in the prefrontal cortex are involved in fear relapse. The findings could help in the development of new treatments for PTSD.

Researchers report on a link between insomnia and an increased risk of suicide in sufferers.

About 34,000 years ago, a group of hunters and gatherers buried their dead - including two boys with physical conditions - using the utmost care. However, these dead were buried in fairly different ways, a new study find...

About 34,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer group buried two young boys who had physical conditions in elaborate graves.

Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery in the process of fear relapse.

A kinase inhibitor called cabozantinib could be a viable therapy option for patients with metastatic, radioactive iodine-resistant thyroid cancer. In a recent trial tumors shrunk in 34 out of 35 patients who took the dru...

A new poll from Gallup-Healthways shows which states had the highest and lowest well-being in 2017.

Three leading face-recognition systems correctly identified white men 99 per cent of the time but did badly at identifying women with darker skin

This photo shows a strontium atom suspended in electric fields. A blue laser makes the tiny dot visible, though it's only 215 billionths of a millimetre wide