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A new study reveals many inhibitory neurons are lost in early phases of ALS and FTD development. The findings show a contrast to other neurodegenerative diseases where excitatory neurons are lost early in the disorders.

Researchers investigate the neural mechanisms behind consciousness.

Rinsing fabrics with lots of fresh water after soaping them up creates a small electric field that pulls dirt particles lodged deep between fabric fibres

Giant devil rays have been filmed courting for the first time, and it turns out the males do not even wait for the females to give birth

Researchers have developed what they have dubbed a 'brain stethoscope', a device capable of turning EEG brain wave data into sound. The device is able to detect epileptic seizures that do not result in convulsions.

Researchers report the brain can suppress feelings of chronic pain when mice are hungry.

A compound used to treat leukemia shows promise in preventing breast cancer cells from metastasizing in the brain.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is getting denser. The enormous plastic soup floating in the vast North Pacific spans more than 617,000 square miles, and its density is now between four and 16 times greater than previous...

Development of a theoretical basis for ultrahigh piezoelectricity in ferroelectric materials led to a new material with twice the piezo response of any existing commercial ferroelectric ceramics, according to an internat...

Researchers have designed and developed a new MEG brain scanner that allows patients to move while undergoing neuroimaging evaluations.

University Professor of Applied Physics Stephen Arnold and his team at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering have made a discovery that could lead to Star Trek-like biosensor devices capable of flagging th...

Enceladus passing in front of Tethys, with Saturn's rings in the foreground NOT everything looks lovelier the longer and closer its inspection. But Saturn does. It is gorgeous through Earthly telescopes. However, the 13 ...

The Economist is looking for a Science and Technology correspondent to work at its headquarters in London. Knowledge of the field, an ability to write informatively, succinctly and wittily, and an insatiable curiosity ar...

IN 2001 Allan Treiman, a researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Institute, in Houston, was working on the one-sentence summary that the annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) requires of presenting authors w...

Thinning on top? An epilepsy drug that might be painlessly injected into the scalp could treat premature hair loss in men.

According to researchers, gut serotonin levels are doubled in obese people. Researchers report obesity may be characterized by an increased capacity to release and produce serotonin in the gut.

Great tits exposed to toxic metals like cadmium and lead alter their behaviour, becoming less exploratory and more cautious, suggesting their personalities have been reshaped

The thinner the silicon crystal, the better. Indeed, thinner crystals provide better ways to manipulate the trajectories of very high-energy ions in particle accelerators. Further applications include materials analysis,...

Use of social media data is important to research in many fields but the fallout over the Cambridge Analytica claims may hamper that, says Annabel Latham

A new study reveals cognitive behavioral therapy exercises that challenge people with OCD to confront what bothers them most could help relieve some of the symptoms of the disorder.

How materials for computer chips, solar panels, and batteries are developed looks to be in the early stages of a radical change. The same goes for research related to areas like superconductors and thermoelectrics. The r...

Researchers have conducted the first field tests for a new laser-based system that can pinpoint the location of very small methane leaks over an area of several square miles. The new technology could one day be used to c...