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A new way of enhancing the interactions between light and matter, developed by researchers at MIT and Israel's Technion, could someday lead to more efficient solar cells that collect a wider range of light wavelengths, a...

In proton-proton smashups, more neutrons scatter to the right than the left relative to the proton spin direction. That was the accepted wisdom, and scientists thought the pattern would hold even when the protons struck ...

A new study could offer insight into human glial cell function and reveals a relationship between movement and sleep.

Researchers have developed a new method that generates fully functioning skeletal muscle tissue, which they incorporated into a biohybrid robot. The robot was able to generate fluid movement and continued muscle function...

A new study reveals how neurogranin and FMRP help encode memories of new places.

A neuroimaging study of sleeping two year olds reveals how specific brain regions are activated during memory recall.

Researchers have received funding to help determine if stabilizing progesterone and estradiol will help to reduce suicidality in females at risk of suicide.

The moon is making days on Earth last longer and longer, and we can track the changes through climate effects seen in the geological record

Using the physics equivalent of the strobe photography that captures every twitch of a cheetah in full sprint, researchers have used ultrafast spectroscopy to visualize electrons interacting as a hidden state of matter i...

A new study reports microRNAs in the blood are altered as a result of sleep deprivation. Researchers used MiRNA alterations as a biomarker to determine cognitive performance following psychological stress and sleep loss.

Researchers report couples who frequently hug or hold hands have lower cortisol levels, have decreased symptoms of physical problems and sleep better.

A new study reports alcohol may impede the clearance of amyloid beta, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, in the brain.

Half of the adults at a Stone Age village in Turkey had a strange ear condition most common today in keen surfers - but why did they spend so much time in water?

A new study reports the atrophy of brain lesion volume predicts the development of more physical disabilities associated with multiple sclerosis.

Researchers have developed new fluorescence sensors that are able to record dopamine activity in the living brain. The tool will help further understanding of dopamine's role in reward and motivation.

A new study in PNAS reports blocking the expression of MDA-9/Syntenin forces glioma stem cells to lose their ability to induce protective autophagy.

Researchers report bonobos express disgust when presented with contaminated food. The study reveals their curiosity transforms into caution when food is presented near feces or a bad smell.

Researchers have developed a new algorithm that can determine the ideal time to consume, and correct dosage of caffeine that can maximize alertness under sleep loss conditions.

The Higgs boson appeared again at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), and this time it revealed something new and exciting about its behavior.

A Rutgers-led team of physicists has demonstrated a way to conduct electricity between transistors without energy loss, opening the door to low-power electronics and, potentially, quantum computing that would be far fast...

The researchers zapped the ceramics with electric fields to prevent them from shattering (though under enough pressure they will still crack).

A therapy that targets the immune system has had dramatic results in people with four types of cancer in advanced stages that were previously untreatable