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A series of smartphone tests that score memory and reaction are intended to make cannabis use safer and lead to a better understanding of the drug

A new article looks at how artificial intelligence can help in dispute resolution cases and considers the future of AI in the legal system.

Researchers reveal patients with inflammatory bowel disease are 28% more likely to develop Parkinson's disease. However, an anti-inflammatory treatment used to help those with IBD can significantly decrease the risk of d...

A survey of the sun's radiation turned up two surprises: a dip in low-energy gamma rays, and far more high-energy gamma rays than predicted. And nobody knows why

A study that utilizes 10 years of data on intimate partner homicide reveals men who have a history of domestic violence and access to guns have an increased risk of committing murder-suicide. Restricting gun access to me...

Emotional content matters when it comes to episodic memories, researchers report. Imagining a positive event biases recall to positive details.

Researchers have developed a new method that appears to successfully help treat neuropathic pain in animal models.

Researchers report imagined movements can alter our sense of perception in the same ways as real movements do. The study reveals our brains predict how we would feel sensations if the imagined movements were executed.

The most-viewed eclipse in history had an unexpected witness: A Google Street View car drives right through totality, offering a surprising celestial treat for visitors scoping out the event in Maryland Heights, Missouri...

A new study that measured autistic and schizophrenic traits in the general population, rather than in those already diagnosed, reveals significant overlaps in traits associated with the disorders. Researchers say people ...

A Twitter user managed to turn 25 minutes worth of images from the ESA's comet lander into a dramatic short film.

Teens who take a daytime nap have better attention, nonverbal reasoning and spatial memory skills than their peers who do not nap, researchers report.

A new study reveals a link between prolonged acetaminophen use in pregnancy and an increased risk of offspring being diagnosed with ADHD or ASD. Researchers report children of mothers who had prolonged exposure to the pa...

Cardiac arrhythmia results when the usual symphony of electric pulses that keep the heart's muscles in sync becomes chaotic. Although symptoms are often barely noticeable, arrhythmia leads to hundreds of thousands of dea...

The next generation of energy-efficient power electronics, high-frequency communication systems, and solid-state lighting rely on materials known as wide bandgap semiconductors. Circuits based on these materials can oper...

Linear polyenes are hydrocarbon chains with unusual optical and electrical properties. They have become a paradigm for studying photoisomerization--when molecular structures rearrange from absorbing light--because of the...

Breakthroughs in physics sometimes require an assist from the field of mathematics--and vice versa. In 1912, Albert Einstein, then a 33-year-old theoretical physicist at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule in Züri...

In March, two detectives went to a funeral home and asked to see a body. The reason? They wanted to unlock the man's phone.

Properties, sources and uses of the element chlorine.

Although microfluidics devices have a wide variety of uses, from point-of-care diagnostics to environmental analysis, one major limitation is that they cannot be modified for different uses on the fly, since their flow p...

What if the universe we know is just one runty part of a larger, mostly invisible universe, and the only way we can interact is via gravity?

At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), researchers have developed a flexible and efficient concept to combine optical components in compact systems. They use a high-resolution 3-D printing process to produce tiny be...