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Last year, China's government put out its plan to lead the world in AI by 2030. As Eric Schmidt has explained, "It's pretty simple. By 2020, they will have caught up. By 2025, they will be better than us. By 2030, they w...

This study reveals how some tumors fuel their own growth and how stopping this vicious cycle could lead to new treatments.

The recurrence plot is a vital tool for analyzing nonlinear dynamic systems, especially systems involving empirically observed time series data. RPs show patterns in a phase space system and indicate where data visit the...

Scientists have found that some cells can divide without a molecule that was previously thought necessary. Their results explain how liver cells can regenerate after injury and may help us understand how cancer arises an...

Directly detecting this long-predicted phenomenon further validates the Standard Model of particle physics --

If a rapidly-heating layer of water building up under the Arctic wells up to the surface, it may melt all remaining seasonal sea ice in the area

An opioid drug that is 100 times more effective at providing pain relief than morphine has no apparent addictive properties in monkeys

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how an electronic device implanted directly into the brain can detect, stop and even prevent epileptic seizures.

Scientists have been working to find a safe, non-addictive pain killer to help fight the current opioid crisis in this country.

Researchers have identified a network of cells in the entorhinal cortex that appear to play a key role into putting experience into a temporal context.

Remains of dung from 3700 years ago reveal how it was nomadic herders, not nature, that seeded the Serengeti's unique ecosystems

Forget your own genome - now you can pay to sequence the DNA of the microbes in your gut and get advice on which foods to eat for better health

We've never accelerated electrons to high enough energies to smash them apart before, but a new machine at the home of the Large Hadron Collider is a step towards doing so

Researchers report the adverse cognitive effects associated with DBS in Parkinson's patients are linked to a different neural pathway than the one responsible for the motor effects generated by the treatment.

Immersing city dwellers in the traditional lifestyle and diet of a rainforest village for two weeks increases the diversity of the visiting children's -- but not the adults' -- gut microbiota. In a small pilot study, res...

Scientists have designed a three-stepped recipe for regenerating electro-physiologically active nerve fibers across complete spinal cord lesions in rodents. Rehabilitation is still required to make these new nerve fibers...

A group of researchers has designed and built specialized hardware for their research using an in-house 3-D printer. The new lab instrument is capable of collecting massive amounts of data that will help these researcher...

When it comes to teen dating violence, boys are more likely to report being the victim of violence -- being hit, slapped, or pushed -- than girls. That's the surprising finding of new research from British Columbia, Cana...

The Earth's magnetic field extends from pole to pole and is strongly affected by solar wind from the sun. This "wind" is a stream of charged particles constantly ejected from the sun's surface. Occasional sudden flashes ...

A new study reports conscious feelings stem from bodily feedback. Researchers have mapped the organization of conscious feelings, reporting they cluster into five categories: positive emotions, negative emotions, cogniti...

A new rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply diagnosed heart ailments in patients in Peru.

Researchers report a successful classification of triple breast cancer patients, which for the first time discriminates those who can be cured from those who might suffer a relapse. It also identifies new pharmacological...