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(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Opioid use linked to increased risk of falls, death in older adults. Recent opioid use is associated with an increased risk of falls in older adults and an increased risk of death, ...

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) An international team, led by Berkeley Lab scientists, has demonstrated a breakthrough in the design and function of nanoparticles that could make solar panels more efficient b...

(University of Lincoln) A new method has been developed to make drugs 'smarter' using nanotechnology so pharmacologists can tailor their drugs to more accurately target an area on the body, such as a cancer tumour.

Fluid dynamics is not something that typically comes to mind when thinking about bitcoin. But for one Stanford physicist, the connection is as simple as stirring your coffee.

Participating in fun activities following a day filled with negative behavior of colleagues at work could help you sleep better, a new study reports.

Two decades after it was first published, the chart linking carbon emissions and global warming is as relevant as ever, says Olive Heffernan

Researchers reveal people may be developing Alzheimer's later in life and living less time with the neurodegenerative disease.

Using a new advanced imaging technology, researchers capture new patterns of molecular organization as connections between neurons strengthen during learning tasks.

Increasing fish consumption could help to lower the risk of developing Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases, researchers report. The study reveals the protein parvalbumin can help to prevent the formation of ...

Researchers reveal the role the orbitofrontal cortex plays in identity expectations.

When you think of DNA, odds are, you picture the famous double helix, a ladder-like structure elegantly twisted like a corkscrew. But DNA doesn't always assume this form.

Yale's latest work expanding the reach of quantum information science is actually a game of quantum pitch and catch.

Helium is the most chemically inert element in the universe, but last year, scientists proved it could successfully form a stable compound with another element. Now researchers suggest they know why--helium can act much ...

Earth's air suddenly got a lot more oxygen around 1.6 billion years ago and that could have triggered the evolution of large multicellular organisms

A new study sheds light on how reading shapes our brain and can improve our memory. Those who are not practiced readers, researchers discovered, find it more difficult to distinguish how an object is oriented in space.

Women can now find out whether they are having a boy or a girl using a single drop of blood as soon as they are eight weeks pregnant

NASA scientists flying over the arctic earlier this month spotted strange shapes out the window, but they aren't sure what caused them.

Since days of yore, the royal line of succession to the British throne -- like most monarchies -- was based on primogeniture.

Robotics has come a long way in the past few years. Robots can now fetch items from specific spots in massive warehouses, swim through the ocean to study marine life, and lift 200 times their own weight. They can even pe...

An international team of scientists has demonstrated a breakthrough in the design and function of nanoparticles that could make solar panels more efficient by converting light usually missed by solar cells into usable en...

According to researchers, suffering from asthma or hay fever may put you at an increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder. The study reports over a 15 year period, 10.8% of people with allergies developed psychi...

If wearing a virtual reality or augmented reality headset is ever to become commonplace, hardware manufacturers will need to figure out how to make the devices small and lightweight while ensuring their images are sharp ...