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(University of Helsinki) On Saturday, June 23, 2018, a team of experts from Botswana, South Africa, Finland and the United States of America recovered a fresh meteorite in Botswana's Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR).

Scientists have discovered fresh insights into the metallic core at the centre of our planet.

We are on the brink of a revolution in healthcare. AI is making the drug discovery process >100X faster and cheaper, and 90 percent more likely to succeed in clinical trials. Mobile health is predicted to become a $102 b...

Researchers have identified a naturally occurring lipid -- a waxy, fatty acid -- used by a disease-causing bacterium to impair the host immune response and increase the chance of infection. Inadvertently, they also may h...

Researchers have have discovered several biomarkers that can accurately identify hypervirulent K. pneumoniae, a pathogen that infects completely healthy people and can cause blindness in one day and flesh-eating infectio...

Researchers report consuming a savory broth can produce subtle neurobiological changes that promotes healthy eating behaviors and food choices.

A new study backs up previous findings that spending time outside and living close to nature has significant physical and mental health benefits.

A DNA-sensing enzyme forms droplets that act as tiny bioreactors creating molecules to stimulate innate immunity -- the body's first response to infection, researchers report.

Researchers have shown that higher levels of Plasmodium falciparum antibodies are protective against severe malaria in children living in Papua New Guinea. Children who have higher levels of antibodies to a specific shor...

Researchers have found that consuming a broth rich in umami -- or savory taste -- can cause subtle changes in the brain that promote healthy eating behaviors and food choices, especially in women at risk of obesity.

To determine which antibiotics reliably treat which bacterial infections, diagnostic laboratories that focus on clinical microbiology test pathogens isolated from patients. However, a recent study reveals that one aspect...

Researchers report a variation of the MTNR1A gene is linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in older people. The same gene has previously been implicated in reduced tolerance to shift work in the a...

Researchers have developed a new neuroimaging method to track neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. The method helped uncover a new pathway for how degeneration spreads from one brain region to another.

Researchers report personality traits in chimpanzees are correlated to the size of their hippocampus. The study reports greater hippocampal volume is linked to an increase in alpha behavior and decreased self regulatory ...

A new study questions previous assumption about how Parkinson's disease develops and progresses.

Researchers investigate why some people believe in superstitions. They reveal that, for many, superstitions can reduce anxiety and create a positive mental attitude.

A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the way for safer medicines that are free of side effects. Big benefits are expected in the battle against cancer, autism, Alzheimer's and more.

As the Tour de France begins, the world's largest sporting computer simulation shows how riders can get ten times less air resistance than previously thought

A seminal 1923 study on Stonehenge was exceptionally wrong.

With antibiotic resistance spreading worldwide, there is a strong need for new technologies to study bacteria. Researchers have adapted an existing technique to study the melting behavior of proteins so that it can be us...

In a new study, scientists show that anti-TNF inhibits the cells responsible for Dupuytren's disease.

Motivated by a desire to better understand the molecular circuitry underlying neuroblastoma and limitations of current methods for predicting disease progression and outcome, researchers set out to construct a logic-base...