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Researchers have identified a subset of neurons in a region of the hypothalamus that play a critical role in regulating feeding and appetite in mice.

Researchers have developed a new machine learning algorithm that can autonomously and efficiently identify dendritic spines with 90% accuracy.

A new study reveals the natural vibrations of cars make people feel sleepier. After just 15 minutes of driving, concentration and alertness levels are reduced for those behind the wheel.

A new study reveals OLM cell activity can affect memory encoding. The findings enhance understanding of how a single component in memory circuits can affect memory formation.

Researchers say the combination of low muscle mass and strength in the context of high fat mass, could be a predictor of cognitive function in older adults. Sarcopenic obesity could be used to predict risk factors for de...

Scientists have long known that diamond is the best material for conducting heat, but it has drawbacks: It is costly and is an electrical insulator; when paired with a semiconductor device, diamond expands at a different...

Laser lights. Electron camera. Reaction.

Transistors are tiny switches that form the bedrock of modern computing; billions of them route electrical signals around inside a smartphone, for instance.

Diamonds are prized for their purity, but their flaws might hold the key to a new type of highly secure communications.

Researchers say those who can improvise are better musicians than those who have limited improvisational experience. Additionally, the brains of those trained to improvise show different patters of electrical activity th...

A natural stellar laboratory probes a prediction of general relativity to unprecedented precision --

The nucleus is the mighty genetic control room of a human cell - but new research suggests that mitochondria can pull the levers of power there too

We used to think children as young as four could plan for the future. But now it seems kids develop the type of memory needed to do this later than we thought

A new study reports a mother's diet during pregnancy may have an effect on the composition of her child's gut bacteria. The effect, researchers report, may vary by the method of delivery at birth.

Rescuers are trying to help get out the twelve boys and their football coach stranded in a flooded cave system in Thailand before the waters rise more. What can they do?

Anyone who's spent even a little time on the internet lately may feel like there's a little too much "debate"--much of which descends into ad hominem insults. At the same time, there's increasing concern around automatio...

ANIMALS have made use of camouflage to hide from one another for almost as long as eyes have been around to spot them. Humans, being copycats, have made extensive use of camouflage tricks they have seen in nature by appl...

JULY 16th sees the opening of the Farnborough air show. Plane spotters attending the show, which by entente cordiale alternates annually with that in Paris, will be hoping for an appearance by one of the F-35 Lightning f...

Drinking coffee has once more been linked to a lower risk of early death but there are good reasons this could turn out to be froth, says Naveed Sattar

Caffeine keeps physicists up at night. Particularly those concerned with the capacity of electrons to absorb energy. In a new study published in EPJ B, a Franco-Japanese team of physicists have used the caffeine molecule...

LGBT+ scientists offer advice for promoting inclusivity in a guide written for the physics and astronomy community. Traveling to an important research conference or collaboration meeting is the kind of experience that ca...

Its apparent infallibility saps the vitality of the field. --