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The Standard Model. What a dull name for the most accurate scientific theory known to human beings. More than a quarter of the Nobel Prizes in physics of the last century are direct inputs to or direct results of the Sta...

A study of sweaty T-shirts suggests dentists can smell when someone is anxious, and it makes them more likely to make mistakes and damage neighbouring teeth

In high-speed fiber optics, it is often the case that either the bandwidth of the transmission media cannot keep up with the data flow or the data simply cannot be processed fast enough. Then the picture judders or the r...

A new study examines how the hormone oxytocin helps to mediate social interactions.

Researchers have identified 133 genetic variants associated with an increased risk of developing glaucoma.

A new study reveals the role the somatosensory cortex plays in prosocial behavior.

A new study reports personal goal conflict can increase feelings of depression and anxiety.

A new collaborative study has helped researchers to uncover some of the earliest molecular events in ALS.

A new study reveals people with dementia are more likely to wander off and go missing. Researchers address strategies to help minimize this risky behavior.

When a massive astrophysical object, such as a boson star or black hole, rotates, it can cause the surrounding spacetime to rotate along with it due to the effect of frame dragging. In a new paper, physicists have shown ...

Imagine being able to power your car partly from the heat that its engine gives off. Or what if you could get a portion of your home's electricity from the heat that a power plant emits? Such energy-efficient scenarios m...

A new experimental discovery, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota, demonstrates that the chemical element ruthenium (Ru) is the fourth single element to have unique magnetic properties at room temperature. ...

The three-body problem, which determines how objects orbit each other in space, is notoriously difficult to solve. Now there are 231 new valid orbits

Why are scientists searching for drugs in shellfish?

Pluto's heart-shaped ice plain is full of nitrogen, which hints that the tiny world is made from a billion comets and could have a buried ocean

On a cold day in Holland last week, 12 of the top street artists in Europe took their places in front of a chain link fence. Each artist faced a 2x2-meter canvas, and the possibility of being the first street artist to e...

The General Data Protection Regulation might not prove highly effective, but at least it tries to rein in the tech giants and put privacy above profit

Researchers have identified a new type of vertigo. The study reveals people with this new form of vertigo are more likely to have severe motion sickness than those with other types of the condition.

Finding a new particle is always a nice surprise, but measuring its characteristics is another story and just as important. Less than a year after announcing the discovery of the particle going by the snappy name of Ξcc...

Are deadly viruses lurking, waiting for the right moment to pop up and start an outbreak?

Fossil poop provided scientists with the scoop on extinct dogs' bone-crushing diet.

A replication of the famous Marshmallow test has reveal some interesting new insights into the psychological development of children. Researchers report there is no indication the test was able to predict later behaviors...