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Synthetic biologists are the computer programmers of biology. Their code? DNA. The whole enterprise sounds fantastical: you insert new snippets of DNA code--in the form of a chain of A, T, C, G letters--into an organism,...

A drone learned to navigate unexpected obstacles for itself by being manually carried around a racetrack. It could be used for future delivery drones

(University of Innsbruck) This week physicists Vitali Efimov and Rudolf Grimm will receive the Faddeev Medal for having made history in physics. In 1970, Efimov discovered an effect that was subsequently called Efimov ef...

According to researchers, babies introduced to solid foods at 6 months of age slept longer, woke less frequently and experienced fewer sleep problems than babies who were exclusively breast fed at the same age.

By inducing hot flashes, most commonly associated with menopause, in both male and female mice, researchers discover Kiss1 neurons initiate a fast boost in skin temperature followed by a drop in core body temperature.

A new study reveals students who reside in buildings without access to air conditioners during heat waves fare worse when it comes to cognitive function, reaction times and working memory.

Researchers have identified the exact point at which healthy proteins become toxic in Alzheimer's disease. The findings could help to detect Alzheimer's before the disease progresses and develop treatments to stabilize t...

A new study reveals noradrenaline plays a vital role in early stages of perception. Researchers report later processing of visual information occurs in the cerebral cortex and is affected by noradrenaline to determine if...

Researchers report the dizzying effect experienced by those who suffer from Tullio phenomena occurs when sound generates pathological fluid mechanical waves in the semicircular canals of the ear.

A new study reports a short burst of exercise can dramatically improve long term retention of new motor skills.

When Rowan Hooper went to Arizona to explore the purpose of dreams, he found himself among "experts" in using dreams to talk to dead people and diagnose cancer

The emerging field of spintronics leverages electron spin and magnetization. This could enhance the storage capacity of computer hard drives and potentially play an important role in quantum computing's future. Supercond...

Think pink.

Like ghostly apparitions, faces that have long since disappeared from some of the world's oldest photographs have suddenly reappeared in all their eerie detail.

A new neuroimaging study reveals every person has unique brain anatomy. The uniqueness is a result of a combination of genetic factors and life experiences, researchers report.

In ferroelectric materials the crystal structure distorts, giving rise to a spontaneously formed polarization and electric field. Because of this unique property, ferroelectrics can be found in anything from ultrasound m...

A number of different things can affect the color of your teeth and turn them yellow.

Researchers for the first time recorded the gas giant's vibrating plasma signal to Enceladus. And now you can listen to it too.

In a new study, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have determined that electrons in some oxides can experience an "unconventional slowing down" of their response to a ligh...

Despite the rise of solid-state drives, magnetic storage devices such as conventional hard drives and magnetic tapes are still very common. But as our data-storage needs are increasing at a rate of almost 15 million giga...

Glass has been a part of society for thousands of years, so it is easy for this material to become invisible and overlooked, but a Penn State materials scientist has laid out a plan to map the glass genome and advance th...

Multivitamins are popular, but they don't appear to boost your heart health, according to a new study.