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Research appearing today in Nature Communications finds useful new information-handling potential in samples of tin(II) sulfide (SnS), a candidate "valleytronics" transistor material that might one day enable chipmakers ...

Young people with conduct disorder have abnormal connectivity between the prefrontal cortex and amygdala, researchers report.

Researchers have developed a novel tool to help monitor metabolites in the brain in real time.

Nobody really knows what plant roots are doing when they're at home. Digging up a plant exposes the roots, but destroys the soil's natural fabric. Information is lost about the intact natural arrangement of the roots and...

Researchers have successfully mapped brain to spinal cord neural connections that help drive voluntary movement. The map could be beneficial in developing new strategies to treat spinal cord damage.

A new study reports children who have difficulties with social communication have an increased risk of sucidiality and self harm behaviors by the age of 16 than those who do not face such difficulties.

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Researchers warn some deep brain stimulation devices may dysfunction and shut off during thunderstorms.

We have plotted almost all the stars near Earth, and the majority are peaceful enough that life on the planets around them could be possible

Research is closing in on the elusive male contraceptive pill. But will it really lead to men taking more responsibility for birth control, wonders Lara Williams

The adenoids are one type of tonsils. They are found only in children, and shrink over time until they disappear by adulthood.

A hospital is offering free Hepatitis C testing for patients who may have been exposed through an infected nurse

Tonsils are small organs in the back of the throat. Once thought to be useless, they are actually important to the immune system.

A new computational model sheds light on the complexity of smell identification. Researchers report different brains know how to associate new similar odors, so long as they have experienced an overlap in odors over thei...

Approaching retirement, Jean Deken describes what it's like to preserve decades of collective scientific memory at a national lab. Jean Deken was hired at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory for a daunting task--to chro...

Researchers report the critical period of language learning may be longer than previously believed. A new study reveals children remain skilled at learning new languages until age 18.

EEG data fed into a new computer algorithm can help to identify which children will be diagnosed with autism at up to 95% accuracy, researchers report.

We are on the verge of transforming one of society's most fundamental building blocks: manufacturing. As new technologies enable manufacturers to customize everything, these same agents are quickly turning consumers into...

Flexible lasers you can stick to anything can embed a security tag onto banknotes or contact lenses, and emit lasers when light shines on them

Napping influences memory in the right hemisphere of the brain, inducing false memories in a word recall test, researchers report.

For the first time, IQ has been linked to neuron size and performance. The breakthrough could lead to new ways to enhance human intelligence

When people sweat, they unknowingly release a wide range of chemicals that can noninvasively inform clinicians on anything from stress hormone levels to glucose. But it's hard for researchers to glean this information--u...