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A report from Xingfu, China may point to the source of a bizarre spike in ozone layer-depleting CFCs reported in May.

Fusion energy is only 30 years away. Again.

(University of California - Santa Cruz) Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will require not only reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, but also active removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This has pro...

In the past experimentation round Wendelstein 7-X achieved higher temperatures and densities of the plasma, longer pulses and the stellarator world record for the fusion product. Moreover, first confirmation for the opti...

Researchers report developmental prosopagnosia, or face blindness, occurs as the results of neurobiological problems that broadly affect visual recognition.

A new study reports children who receive musical training have better word discrimination than other kindergarteners who had not undertaken music lessons.

According to a new study, nicotine reduces dorsal striatal output, underlying the urge to smoke and making it difficult to quite the addiction.

Researchers are planning to conduct a new neuroimaging study to investigate why some people are unable to create visual images in their imagination.

A new study reveals how microglia help clear dead and damaged materials away from healthy, neighboring neurons following injury.

Researchers say a new retinal imaging test could be a reliable tool for measuring the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's. The study reports the tool can detect drusen, which is often higher in...

Researchers say a new cannabis derived drug, which is expected to receive full approval from the FDA this week, will be a vital intervention for children with Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

A study of rat brain slices demonstrates how nicotine interacts with cells that regulate the output of a brain region involved in habit formation. The research could inform efforts to help people quit smoking and avoid r...

Activation of a receptor with no known function in the brain reduces excessive alcohol use and the pain of withdrawal, according to preclinical research in male rats. The study suggests a new approach towards the treatme...

The evolutionary prerequisites of myelin -- the fatty substance that insulates axons and enables rapid communication between cells of the nervous system in jawed vertebrates.

AI finally beats the world's best amateurs at the video game Dota 2, after playing 180-years' worth of games every day for 19 days

While empathy may not have a direct effect on prejudice, researchers say it does have an indirect influence via personality and attitude. The study reveals a person with low empathy is more likely to score high on author...

Researchers have successfully reduced some symptoms associated with fragile X syndrome in mice with the help of CRISPR-Cas 9 gene editing.

The genomes of half a million people reveal that there are two kinds of worrier, providing new clues about how genes help form our personalities

A team of researchers has developed a fluorescent variant of a molecule that inhibits cancer stem cells. Capturing images of when the molecule enters a cell has enabled the researchers, using cell-biological methods, to ...

Researchers have discovered that microglia, specialized immune cells in the brain, play a key role in clearing dead material after brain injury. The study reveals that microglia gobble up the remnants of injured neurons,...

For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across Dhaka, Bangladesh, a city with a 'hyper-endemic' level of the disease. Researchers found that nearly 80 per cent of the chole...

A new biodegradable patch administers steroids directly to oral ulcers and forms a protective barrier.