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Melting Arctic ice flooding into the Atlantic could put the ocean circulation that warms Europe in danger, triggering dramatic sea-level rise and drought

Two teams of researchers working independently of one another have come up with an experiment designed to prove that gravity and quantum mechanics can be reconciled. The first team is a pairing of Chiara Marletto of the ...

Better known as glass, silica is a versatile material used in myriad industrial processes, from catalysis and filtration, to chromatography and nanofabrication. Yet despite its ubiquity in labs and cleanrooms, surprising...

A new study reports the brain network that controls theory of mind, the ability to interpret the thoughts of others, is already developed in children as young as three.

When you were a kid, you might have used a magnifying glass to focus the sun's light onto a spot on the sidewalk. The lens of the magnifying glass allowed you to concentrate the sun's energy by converging the light rays ...

You can't see well without lenses that can focus, whether those lenses are in your eye or the microscope you peer through. An innovative new way to focus beams of neutrons might allow scientists to probe the interiors of...

Using CRISPR, researchers have identified a new set of genes that may be implicated in both ALS and frontotemporal dementia.

Fast radio bursts are some of the weirdest, most elusive phenomena in the cosmos. We just found three new ones, one of which is the brightest we've ever seen

Researchers have designed a new molecule-building method that uses sulfones as partners for cross-coupling reactions, or the joining of two distinct chemical entities in a programmed fashion aided by a catalyst.

One major problem in treating cancer is identifying the location of small tumors and treating them before they metastasize.

Researchers were able to mutate Viral Protein 40 (VP40) in a way that changed the residues of the protein, blocking the budding and replication of Ebola virus in a model system.

Researchers provide some revealing facts about sleep and debunk myths about sleep problems.

Humans can estimate distances to sound sources better when they move and exploit auditory motion parallax.

A major study reveals for the first time that water troughs on farms are a conduit for the spread of toxic E. coli in cattle, which can then spread the pathogen to people through bacteria in feces.

The factors that may lead to a student's decision to leave school are complex, but a new study sheds light on how two behaviors -- aggression and weak study skills -- contribute to the problem.

Infants who consumed soy-based formula as newborns had differences in some reproductive-system cells and tissues, compared to those who used cow-milk formula or were breastfed, according to a new study. The researchers s...

Psychopaths in films and TV are often masters of manipulation, but in real life they're not so good at subconsciously registering other people's perspectives

According to researchers, a low dose of the anti cancer drug romidepsin reduced social deficits in animal models of autism.

A new study reveals low fat diets and limited caloric intake may prevent age induced activation of microglia.

New findings open the door to developing new treatments for a wide range of illnesses, from heart disease, diabetes and cancer to neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease.

Genetic mutations linked to heart disease have been considered a leading cause of sudden infant death syndrome, but a new study finds they are to blame for far fewer SIDS deaths than previously thought. The findings are ...