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Age related sleep disruptions are not due to alterations in activity of individual neurons as previously believed, researchers report.

A new study sheds light on the process of vesicle recycling

Researchers propose a new approach to neuroimaging studies. They suggest, rather than beginning with predefined behavioral functions and trying to assign associated brain regions, new studies should focus on selecting br...

A new neuroimaging study of war veterans with TBI reveals some interesting insights into brain areas associated with altruism.

Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital have used rapid genome sequencing to diagnose disorders in children in intensive care, and give them better treatments

When an imminent threat means troops need to move, sometimes the most powerful cover is a smokescreen. Not a figurative smokescreen, but an actual burst of smoke that hides soldiers--and even tanks--from enemy eyes. Comm...

Black holes may spit out energy in the form of radio waves in direct proportion to the amount of mass the black holes consume, new data suggests.

UC Berkeley engineers have built a bright-light emitting device that is millimeters wide and fully transparent when turned off. The light emitting material in this device is a monolayer semiconductor, which is just three...

If equal amounts of matter and antimatter had formed in the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago, one would have annihilated the other upon meeting, and today's universe would be full of energy but no matter to form s...

A supernova exploded and hit maximum brightness over 2.2 days - the fastest one we've spotted. A shell of gas from its dying star may have amped up its light

An exoplanet discovered 340 million light years away may shed some light on how Mercury got to be such a weird world - a tiny planet made mostly of an iron core

Researchers have developed a new endoscope capable of capturing images of neurons firing in the brains of living mice.

The miniaturization of electronics has been progressing steadily for decades, but IBM just took a major leap. The company has created what it’s calling the world’s smallest computer, and it's the size of a grain of s...

Researchers have identified a link between low vitamin D levels in pregnant and breastfeeding mothers, and autism like behaviors in their offspring. The study reveals low levels vitamin D in mothers may be associated wit...

Artworks are part of our cultural and historical heritage. Yet, according to the Fine Arts Expert Institute, nearly half of the artworks circulating on the market are fakes. So how can you tell if a Rembrandt painting is...

Researchers have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair that can image the activity of neurons in the brains of living mice. Because it is so thin, the endoscope can reach deep into the brain, giving researchers ...

A new electronic microscopy study has captured microglia perform their role in synaptic pruning.

Researchers reveal that a year after receiving autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for relapse remitting multiple sclerosis, almost all of the patients showed no signs of the disease and the level of thei...

A woman can deliver her baby either by vaginal birth or a C-section. Both delivery methods have advantages and disadvantages.

Claims that some twins share a telepathic bond are anecdotal at best.

Winter sports enthusiasts posted truly weird images of an orange landscape after tinted snow fell across Eastern Europe Friday.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and provide a path for using MRI to make precise and t...