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The LHC is one of the coldest places on the planet. Liquid helium is constantly pulsing through sophisticated plumbing that runs both inside and outside of the Large Hadron Collider. Thanks to this cryogenic cooling syst...

A team of scientists including Carnegie's Tim Strobel and Venkata Bhadram now report unexpected quantum behavior of hydrogen molecules, H2, trapped within tiny cages made of organic molecules, demonstrating that the stru...

What if the odds of an event occurring were about one in ten billion? This is the case for the decay of a positively charged particle known as a kaon into another positively charged particle called a pion and a neutrino-...

Researchers report piglets of mothers who were fed a choline rich diet had increased white and gray matter in the brain.

UTA researchers are leading an international team developing a new device that could enable physicists to take the next step toward a greater understanding of the neutrino, a subatomic particle that may offer an answer t...

A new study suggests honeybees adhere to the same laws as the human brain when embarking on collective decisions.

Much has been made of quantum computing processes using ultracold atoms and ions, superconducting junctions and defects in diamonds, but could we be performing them in our own brains?

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are conducting fundamental physics research that will lead to more control over mercurial quantum systems and materials. Their studies will enable ad...

A new study debunks the assumption that facial expressions simply reveal human emotion. Researchers report our facial expressions stem primarily from our intentions.

The surface of Sputnik Planitia, part of a heart-shaped plain on Pluto, has no craters at all. They may have been filled in by soft, flowing nitrogen ice

A new neuroimaging study reveals preschool aged children with ASD have significant differences in the basal ganglia network and paralimbic-limbic network in the brain compared to their peers who were not diagnosed with a...

Crimes carried out online are already illegal, so politicians should stop calling for new laws and start enforcing the old ones

A virtual reality game monitors your heart rate. If you're not finding it scary enough, the game automatically intensifies the horror

Why are infections from the viruses that cause West Nile fever, dengue and even Zika deadly for some people but mild in others?

Even some of the more remote parts of the Amazon rainforest, far from major rivers, were once densely populated - centuries before the arrival of Europeans

We have the international tools to resolve uncertainties over the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal - but they will only work if Russia cooperates

Here's something you don't hear every day: for $10,000, an MIT-backed startup will preserve your brain right down to the synapse level. Within this century, the company pitched, future neuroscientists will extract the in...

An analysis of YouTube videos and Pinterest pins has found that around 90 per cent of affiliate marketing links are not disclosed, in contravention of advertising rules

Single crystal tin selenide (SnSe) is a semiconductor and an ideal thermoelectric material; it can directly convert waste heat to electrical energy or be used for cooling. When a group of researchers from Case Western Re...

A lack of new babies for endangered Northern Atlantic right whales makes their future even more uncertain.

Research into the origin of elements is still of great interest. Many unstable atomic nuclei live long enough to be able to serve as targets for further nuclear reactions--especially in hot environments like the interior...

A new U.S. Department of Energy project to develop the first detector able to remotely monitor nuclear reactors will also help physicists test the next generation of neutrino observatories.