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Deep learning is one of the fastest-growing machine learning methods that relies on multi-layered artificial neural networks. Traditionally, deep learning systems are implemented to be executed on a computer to digitally...

Robots are excellent tools for gathering information from areas humans can’t reach. And now new speck-sized machines from MIT could extend that capability to carrying out diagnostics inside the human body, wafting thro...

Some physicists claim the popular landscape of universes in string theory may not exist.

A new study reports individual differences in connectivity between areas of the brain associated with fear and anxiety are heritable.

Replacing traditional computer chip components with light-based counterparts will eventually make electronic devices faster due to the wide bandwidth of light.

A new study reports patients with major depressive disorder and treatment resistant depression have decreased levels of acetyl-L-carnitine in their blood. The findings could lead to new blood tests to diagnose the nature...

A new study reveals a specific pathway in the brains of fruit flies that prevents them from falling asleep during the day.

A study that brings together many different findings concludes that miscarriages are even more common than we thought

Researchers report people retain arbitrary associations when they learned the associations in short sessions spaced over a few weeks rather than one 20 minute session.

A new study reveals nine ending prices are not universally effective at getting shoppers to the checkout line.

Researchers debunk claims that regularly using brain training games can give you an advantage in performance with untrained cognitive tasks.

We need lots of carbon dioxide to make Mars habitable for Earth life - and it turns out there isn't enough on the Red Planet

Given the gravity of the condition, people with necrotizing fasciitis need immediate medical care. But how do you know if your cut has flesh-eating bacteria?

The jump from Earth to space is often thought to happen 100 kilometres up, but it's time to think again and bring the boundary closer to home, says Jonathan McDowell

A new study reveals middle aged people who experience lightheadedness or dizziness upon standing, as a result of a sudden drop of blood pressure, may face a higher risk of developing dementia as they age.

Researchers report the great tit, a common European songbird, has similar impulse control to that of larger, more cognitively advanced animals.

The diagnosis of diseases based in internal organs often relies on biopsy samples collected from affected regions. But collecting such samples is highly error-prone due to the inability of current endoscopic imaging tech...

A new way to generate electricity in special materials called Weyl magnets has been discovered by physicists at the University of Tokyo. The method exploits temperature gradients, differences in temperature throughout a ...

Lithium metal batteries hold tremendous promise for next-generation energy storage because the lithium metal negative electrode has 10 times more theoretical specific capacity than the graphite electrode used in commerci...

Dark matter has, once again, failed to turn up where researchers hoped they might find it. Here's what that means.

A rare tsunami may have struck the islands of Shetland and Orkney off the UK's north coast 5500 years ago, killing dozens of people who had to be hastily buried

Protons might be the Large Hadron Collider's bread and butter, but that doesn't mean it can't crave more exotic tastes from time to time. On Wednesday, 25 July, for the very first time, operators injected not just atomic...