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Virtual reality has become a booming business. The technology has already proven its worth in real estate and banking. In healthcare, VR also shows big promise. According to Statista, the virtual reality healthcare marke...

(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) An international team of materials scientists from France, Russia and Kazakhstan found a way to boost the efficiency of organic solar cells several times. The new study, publi...

Researchers say improving the function of lymphatic vessels can dramatically enhance memory and learning ability in aging mice.

Need a hand? Eight people have reliably used a mind-controlled robotic third arm to perform two tasks simultaneously

A new psychological model suggests change detection plays a key role in how we construct reality.

Researchers have identified a link between depression, antidepressant use and an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism.

Researchers say the randomness of the piriform cortex plays a critical role when it comes to distinguishing between similar odors.

A new study reports 30 minutes of cognitive and motor training once a week can slow the progression of, and possibly reverse, the symptoms of dementia.

New research claims to answer the question of whether godlessness begets riches or riches beget godlessness. It won't be the final word, says Gregory Paul

Researchers have identified a neural link between depression and sleep problems. The study reports brain regions associated with short term memory, self and negative emotions are strongly connected in those with depressi...

Researchers say intractable hiccups, a hiccup attack that can last for a month or longer, are more common than we think.

Researchers have developed a sensor that can detect early stage Parkinson's disease by analyzing a sample of a patient's breath.

Cattle ranchers in the US say beef must come from a slaughtered cow and not cells grown in a lab. The battle over the future of flesh has begun, says Sasha Chapman

The case for an ambitious new particle accelerator to be built in the United States has just gotten a major boost.

Satellite images taken on 20 July suggest North Korea may be dismantling two important features of its intercontinental ballistic missiles programme

Data from the Mars Express satellite suggests there is a huge body of permanently liquid water under the surface of Mars, which could potentially host life

People infected with Toxoplasma gondii are more likely to be entrepreneur, according to new research.

Is obesity infectious? Evidence is growing in support of a controversial theory that a virus causes weight gain and obesity, but not everyone is convinced

So often in life we hear that size matters, in the world of quantum physics it really does.

People who receive stronger-than-normal blood pressure treatments have been found to be 19 per cent less likely to later develop signs of cognitive impairment

THERE is no shortage of water on Mars. Astronomers reckon that at least 5m cubic kilometres of ice is locked up beneath the planet's dusty regolith. Whether any of it is liquid is a trickier question. In the 19th century...

Physicists have theoretically shown that, by applying a magnetic field to a small, irregularly shaped graphene flake, the flake becomes a quantum hologram of a black hole. This means that the graphene flake recreates the...