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Anyone is supposed to be able to get ahead in the US - but social mobility is powerfully influenced by your parents' socioeconomic status

A new technique using artificial intelligence to manipulate video content gives new meaning to the expression "talking head." An international team of researchers showcased the latest advancement in synthesizing facial e...

CRAFT, a new computational framework designed to aid in drug discovery, has helped researchers identify a potential new target for the treatment of epilepsy.

Nitrogen fixation is a process that plants use to take nitrogen from the air and transform it into a usable form such as ammonia or nitrate.

A new study reports American gun owners are exhibiting increased levels of political participation, not only by voting but also donating to candidate funds and contacting elected officials.

According to a new study, children have different preferences for how their food is served, based on gender and age.

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed 78 people and epidemic watchers are waiting to see whether it can be controlled

Elk who shed antlers early have more time to grow a large new pair for the autumn mating season - but early shedding makes them more likely to be eaten by wolves

Researchers say the Huntingtin gene affects brain development from an early age, even though most patients do not develop Huntington's disease until later life.

Brazil's National Museum has been consumed by fire, along with 20 million scientific artefacts

The "chicken or egg" paradox was first proposed by philosophers in Ancient Greece to describe the problem of determining cause-and-effect.

Unwanted mutations are undermining food security and medicine. Controlling such evolution is now possible and tempting, but there will be unintended consequences

(Swansea University) Scientists at Swansea University have identified a way of transforming waste plastic into hydrogen which in turn could be used to fuel cars. They say the process could also be cheaper than convention...

(Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo) University of Tokyo-led researchers showed that long-wavelength terahertz (THz) spectroscopy can detect motion of single molecules, not just molecular ensembles....

(Bentham Science Publishers) Enhancers are short DNA regions that improve transcription efficiency by recruiting transcription factors. Identifying enhancer regions is important to understand the process of gene expressi...

(University of California - San Diego) Engineers have developed neutrophil 'nanosponges' that can safely absorb and neutralize a variety of proteins that play a role in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis. Injections...

(University of Oregon) Accurate projections of sea level rise require sophisticated models for glacier flow, but current approaches do a poor job capturing the physical processes that control how fast glaciers slide over...

(St John's College, University of Cambridge) A new study, led by academics at St John's College, University of Cambridge, used semi-artificial photosynthesis to explore new ways to produce and store solar energy. They us...

(Faculty of Science - University of Copenhagen) A group of scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) at the University of Copenhagen will soon start developing a new line of technical equipment in order to dramatica...

(Kumamoto University) The number of osteoporosis medications that promote bone formation are few compared to those that suppress bone resorption. A research group led by Kumamoto University scientists has discovered that...