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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were designed to be efficient, low-friction alternatives to traditional financial systems. But it seems their creators maybe didn't think too hard about their sustainability. An analysis pub...

Molecules that are involved in photosynthesis exhibit the same quantum effects as non-living matter, concludes an international team of scientists including University of Groningen theoretical physicist Thomas la Cour Ja...

A satellite launched on 21 May will allow China's upcoming moon lander - the first to visit the far side - to receive commands and send data back to Earth

Researchers report proteins associated with immunity and metabolism can become disrupted following just one simulated night shift.

Study reveals mothers who have insufficient sleep, or lack of quality sleep, are more irritable, suffer impaired attention and are less consistent in their parenting of their adolescents.

Each time a blood vessel splits into smaller vessels, red blood cells (RBCs) are presented with the same decision: Take the left capillary or the right. While one might think RBCs would divide evenly at every fork in the...

The vibrational motion of an atom in a crystal propagates to neighboring atoms, which leads to wavelike propagation of the vibrations throughout the crystal. The way in which these natural vibrations travel through the c...

The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold

How safe is it to drive when you haven't had much sleep? Just like drinking alcohol, it turns out we're not always a good judge of how mentally impaired we are

Vascular risk factors appear to have a negative synergistic effect with amyloid beta levels in the brain, researchers report. The study suggests a combination of increased vascular risk and higher amyloid levels in the b...

A new immunotherapy treatment for ALS patients is not only safe, but can also help slow the progression of the disease, researchers report.

Personalized rTMS treatments could be revolutionary in helping combat neuropsychiatric disorders, researchers say.

Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 - and that's not even the worst bit of news

According to researchers, high frequency dTMS increased beta endorphin levels, producing heightened feelings of reward following food ingestion. Researchers report this form of non-invasive brain stimulation could help a...

A new study reveals elevated risks of ADHD diagnosis in grandchildren of women who took a synthetic estrogen drug, known as DES, between 1948 and 1971.

Researchers have developed a new gel infused with molecules that stimulates blood vessel growth and suppresses inflammation following a stroke. The study reveals after treatment, mice also regenerated brain tissue and sh...

Researchers have identified different neuron types and provided a new list of genes associated with schizophrenia. The findings could pave the way for developing new targeted therapies to treat the condition.

Trials of artificial intelligence show it can spot diseases that doctors miss - but rolling the tech out across the UK might prove more difficult

The solar system just got a bit stranger.

The small moons that orbit in Saturn's rings have a range of odd shapes, all of which may have come from smaller moonlets crashing into one another and merging

A new study challenges popular belief that fish consumption during pregnancy can contribute to ASD in children. Analyzing blood samples in one of the largest longitudinal studies to date, researchers found no links betwe...

As lava from Kilauea plunges into the Pacific Ocean, clouds of hot acidic steam are being blasted off - and the eruption shows no signs of slowing down