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As technology has progressed, humans have become ever more powerful. With this power comes great opportunity and great risk. Nowhere is this clearer than in the potential of artificial intelligence. But a new report from...

Many people tend to look back on the past with "rose-colored glasses," remembering the good times and the good feelings... while forgetting the bad.

Researchers have developed a new evolutionary game theory model which may help explain why many of us hide our good deeds.

The Great Barrier Reef has resurrected itself five times in the last 30,000 years after being wiped out by dramatic environmental shifts.

Researchers report they have found no increased risk of autoimmune diseases in girls who received the HPV4 vaccine. The study adds to a growing body of evidence for the safety of the vaccine.

A new study reveals, in combination to genetics and environmental factors, placenta health during fetal development may play a role in schizophrenia. Researchers report genes associated with schizophrenia may turn on in ...

Tongue range motion is reduced while lower lip and jaw motion is increased in people who suffer dysarthria associated with ALS. The findings may help develop new therapies to help those with ALS improve their speech, res...

The ubiquitous particles are helping to map the innards of pyramids and volcanoes, and spot missing nuclear waste --

An Aalto University study has provided new evidence that time crystals can physically exist - a claim currently under hot debate.

In the popular movie franchise "Back to the Future", an eccentric scientist creates a time machine that runs on a flux capacitor.

Diamond is the strongest naturally occurring material on Earth. It is also renowned for its high stiffness, exceptional thermal conductivity, high chemical resistance, and high optical transparency. Although these remark...

With new GM foods quietly reaching the shops, we must ensure consumers have the information to make real choices

The production of devices to store or transmit information is one of the most frequent technological applications of magnetism. An experimental and theoretical study conducted at the University of São Paulo's Physics In...

(Aalto University) Time crystals may hold secret to coherence in quantum computing. New experimental evidence also lays groundwork for new ways of studying time.

(European Society for Medical Oncology) Nearly 25,000 participants from all over the world are expected in Munich, Germany, between Oct. 19-23 to attend the leading international oncology event in Europe, the ESMO 2018 C...

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) Measurements from more than 500 children in five countries include different sources such as mobile phones, mobile phone antennas and WiFi.

(Tohoku University) Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have discovered a switch to control the spin current, a mechanism needed for information processing with full spin-based devices.

(Samara Polytech (Samara State Technical University)) The main innovative idea of the project is to develop the methodology for creation a special 'situational awareness' area. Moreover it is aimed to unify the capabilit...

(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe) Last Thursday, Kavli IPMU researchers celebrated the completion of the outermost shell of the Silicon Vertex Detector. It took six years of hard work, in ...

(National University of Singapore) A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore has invented a novel gel-like material that not only effectively dehumidifies ambient air to improve thermal comfort, but...

(RMIT University) Breakthrough miniature biosensor offers unprecedented insights into how individual cells behave, allowing scientists to isolate single cells, analyze them in real time and observe their complex signalli...

(Osaka University) Researchers from Osaka University used machine learning to design new polymers for organic photovoltaics (solar cells). After mining data from previous studies, they input the physical properties of po...