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In the search for abundant clean energy, scientists around the globe look to fusion power, where isotopes of hydrogen combine to form a larger particle, helium, and release large amounts of energy in the process. For fus...

Amiloride, a common blood pressure medication, shows potential in treating anxiety disorder and pain when administered in nebulized form, researchers report.

Functional connectivity within a specific neural network helps dampen a newborn's brain activity in response to pain, researchers report.

A new study reports binge drinking affects gene expression in both males and females differently. In females who binge drink, genes linked to hormone signaling and immune function become altered, whereas in males, altera...

A new blood test can help identify your body's precise internal time clock in relation to external time. Researchers say the test could help examine the impact of misaligned circadian clocks in a wide range of diseases.

Researchers hypothesize shame may have been built into human nature by evolution because it served an important function for our foraging ancestors. The study reports an implicit mental map of how negatively others will ...

A new study reveals prenatal cannabis exposure can cause behavioral and neural deficits in male offspring. Researchers say male rats exposed to marijuana in virto were less sociable than normal animals.

Researchers report those who enter into an altruistic act, such as donating a kidney to an anonymous recipient, are more sensitive to a stranger's fear and pain.

A few months ago, Elon Musk famously launched his own car into space on top of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. It was an unprecedented stunt, and one that's unlikely ever to be repeated, but last week the world saw another...

Sound can counteract gravity, making droplets float in the air. It can also turn them into bubbles, which could prove useful for creating hollow materials

A neuroimaging study conducted by researchers from UCLA reveals the brains of people with schizophrenia are less sensitive to social rewards than they are to non-social rewards.

The borders between the real world and the digital world keep crumbling, and the latter's importance in both our personal and professional lives keeps growing. Some describe the melding of virtual and real worlds as part...

Hurricane Florence's eye wall has grown since yesterday.

Chip Conley is an entrepreneur, bestselling author, and self-proclaimed "modern elder." After nearly 25 years of founding and running one of the world's most successful boutique hotel chains, Joie de Vivre Hospitality, C...

Contrary to popular belief, researchers report most people do not interfere when they witness someone abusing a stranger.

Ionic liquids are important in scientific research because they can apply a lot of charge over a surface. Physicists from Leiden University have now found that the charging process of ionic liquids depends purely on oppo...

The smallest amount of light you can have is one photon, so dim that it's pretty much invisible to humans. While imperceptible, these tiny blips of energy are useful for carrying quantum information around. Ideally, ever...

Hurricane Florence strengthened into a Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds reaching 140 mph (220 km/h). Here's a look at the monster storm as it heads toward the U.S. East Coast.

A University of Nottingham academic has won a prestigious five-year fellowship to explore the use of harmless sound waves to view deep inside living cells to aid early diagnose in diseases such as cancer.

As Hurricane Florence comes closer to land and approaches the highest possible storm rating, a state of emergency has been declared in four US states

If the hurricane makes landfall, this so-called brick wall will likely play the villain again.

The diminutive Homo floresiensis died out about 50,000 years ago just as a volcano exploded - but are the two connected or was extinction down to other factors?